Murnau with Locomotive by Wassily Kandinsky. An expressive, semi-abstracted winter landscape featuring a small steam locomotive moving through a snowy scene with a prominent, fan-like tree form on the right.

Murnau with Locomotive

Wassily Kandinsky

1911 · Oil Paint, Canvas

A dynamic winter landscape by Wassily Kandinsky, capturing the energy of a locomotive amidst expressive brushstrokes of blue and white.

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Where it works

A moderate artwork with a brighter pulse in a warmer tonal register — asks little of the space around it.

Often works in
Living Room · Bedroom · Office
Placement
Works well as a measured horizontal anchor
Walls
Benefits from a wall with more tonal contrast
Color notes
Soft gray, Soft white, Charcoal black

About the piece

Painted in 1911, this work by Wassily Kandinsky marks a transition toward pure abstraction. In 'Murnau with Locomotive,' a train cuts through the Bavarian winter, its presence suggested by a dark silhouette and a trail of smoke, while the surrounding snow and trees are rendered in vibrant, rhythmic strokes of icy blue and pale yellow.

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