{"product_id":"draft-for-composition-ii-by-wassily-kandinsky-1913","title":"Draft for Composition II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1913","description":"\u003cp\u003eWassily Kandinsky’s Draft for ‘Composition II’ (1913) captures a pivotal moment in the artist’s evolution toward pure abstraction. Created on the cusp of World War I, this early abstract work distills feeling into color, rhythm, and gesture, replacing a single fixed scene with a dynamic orchestration of forms. Kandinsky, the Russian-born pioneer of modern art, believed color could act like music—stirring the spirit directly—and that conviction energizes the sweeping lines and buoyant color fields that animate this composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis offering is a museum-quality fine art print, produced on your choice of acid-free archival paper or artist’s cotton canvas. Available in a versatile range of sizes from intimate to statement-scale, each piece is crafted with premium inks for exceptional color fidelity and longevity. The Unique Maps Co. can frame your print in black, white, or natural wood, and offers thoughtful personalization—custom sizes, border and caption options, and gift inscriptions—so your piece arrives ready to hang and perfectly tailored to your space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKandinsky is widely recognized as a founder of abstract art and an influential voice in early-20th-century Expressionism. Coalescing around the Munich avant-garde, he helped shift painting from depiction to sensation, advocating for art that communicates inner states. His writings and teaching shaped generations of artists, and his experiments during this period resonate in countless strands of modern and contemporary abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDraft for ‘Composition II’ stands at the threshold of that change. Rather than anchoring the eye to a single subject, the work invites viewers to move through it, guided by contrasts of hue and weight, and by lines that surge, cross, and dissolve. It reflects a time when artists sought new visual languages for a rapidly changing world, elevating emotion, intuition, and spiritual curiosity over strict representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe color architecture is especially compelling: expansive blues and assertive yellows meet warm passages of red, with greens and other secondaries pulsing between them. Loose, expressive brushwork and layered, organic shapes suggest fleeting figures or forms without pinning them down, allowing multiple readings—from a lyrical dance of shapes to a symphonic build and release of chromatic energy. This is a piece you live with—it rewards repeated looking, lending momentum to a living room, intention to a study, and contemplative calm to a bedroom or studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA refined, conversation-starting gift, this fine art print suits modern art lovers, design-forward friends, and anyone who finds music in color. It’s an inspired choice for Christmas, birthdays, Mother’s or Father’s Day, housewarmings, or to celebrate a milestone for someone who treasures the bold spirit of early modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're not sure what size to order, or you're looking for a custom order of some kind \u003cspan\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e a different size, a different colour, a special frame \u003cspan\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e then please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e. I usually respond within a few minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can see an example of my fine art personalisation service in the fifth image. Zoom in and take a look. My personalised artwork is always very well received. Take a look at \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003emore examples of personalisation\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also choose to \u003cem\u003eage\u003c\/em\u003e your art print to make it look older. This is popular amongst my customers who want their artwork to look like an older, antique print. You can see an example of ageing in the sixth product image, or go ahead and check out \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sepia-aged-maps\"\u003elots of examples of other aged artwork\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x16in (40x40cm) version of this art print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can print and frame this beautiful piece of art at sizes up to 3 metres (10ft). If you are looking for a size or framing option that isn't available online, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis artwork is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. My \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/map-finishes-framed-canvas\"\u003estandard frames\u003c\/a\u003e come in six colours (black, dark brown, dark grey, antique gold, oak and white), and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/custom-framing\"\u003ecustom framing\u003c\/a\u003e is available for an additional charge. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"10x10in (25x25cm) \/ Art print","offer_id":58371219685760,"sku":"UM00308354A","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"10x10in (25x25cm) \/ Framed art print","offer_id":58371219718528,"sku":"UM00308355A","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"10x10in (25x25cm) \/ Framed canvas","offer_id":58371219751296,"sku":"UM00308356A","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12in (30x30cm) \/ Art print","offer_id":58371219784064,"sku":"UM00308357A","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12in (30x30cm) \/ Framed art print","offer_id":58371219816832,"sku":"UM00308358A","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12in (30x30cm) \/ Framed 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