This artist's last finished work, which shows a mythical bird holding an easel and a wavy magic carpet going across from lower left to upper right, is Tempered Elan.
This artist's last finished work, which shows a mythical bird holding an easel and a wavy magic carpet going across from lower left to upper right, is Tempered Elan. His early works—influenced by Impressionism—include Autumn in Bavaria, and he wrote that "each period of culture produces an art of its own" in his book Concerning the Spiritual In Art. His work showing a person riding a white horse shared its name with a movement led by him and Franz Marc.  Several of his works were titled Improvisation or Composition followed by a number; one of them, Improvisation 31 is nicknamed Sea Battle. Name this Russian-born painter who spent his productive years in Germany and painted The Blue Rider.
This artist's last finished work, which shows a mythical bird holding an easel and a wavy magic carpet going across from lower left to upper right, is Tempered Elan.
Wassily (Wassilyevich) Kandinsky