# Event Details - **Event Name**: Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: One of the pioneers of abstract modern art, Wassily Kandinsky, who spent most of his life between Munich and Paris and died in 1944 as a French citizen, exploited the evocative interrelation between colour and form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, and emotions of the public. This lecture will discuss the revolutionary role of Wassily Kandinsky in the birth of abstract art and the radical shift he initiated in early twentieth-century art. Moving beyond representation, Kandinsky sought to express inner emotion, spirituality, and the unseen forces of the human experience through colour, line, and form. Through close analysis of key paintings, we trace Kandinsky’s evolution from expressive landscapes to fully non-objective compositions, emphasizing his theory of colour symbolism, compositional rhythm, and the spiritual dimension of abstraction.When: Wednesday, 29 April, 18:30-20:00 (BST)Where: The Old Library, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RFLanguage: EnglishFormat: In-person & Online via ZoomIn-person tickets: £10 — Standard; £7 — CamRuSS Members and StudentsTickets on the door: £11 — Standard; £8 — CamRuSS members and StudentsZoom tickets: £5 – Standard, free – CamRuSS MembersFollowed by a wine receptionDr Natalia Murray gained a BA and MA in art history at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, and a PhD at The Courtauld. She is a writer, lecturer and curator specialising in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian and Western European art and is the curator of the Royal Academy’s major exhibition Revolution. Russian Art 1917-1932 (2017). Natalia is currently working on several new exhibition projects in the US and in Europe, while also teaching as a Lecturer in Modern Art and Curating at The Courtauld. She has published widely: her most recent book, Two Women Patrons of the Russian Avant-Garde. Nadezhda Dobychina and Klavdia Mikhailova (2021), was written together with Natalia Budanova and dedicated to the first gallerists in Russia. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/pure-painting-wassily-kandinsky-and-the-birth-of-abstraction-by-dr-natalia-murray-tickets/80002320000143 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, drawing-painting, exhibitions, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 5 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 10, currency: GBP - **Ticket informations**: - ticket_1 — 10.00 GBP - ticket_2 — 7.00 GBP - ticket_3 — 7.00 GBP - ticket_4 — 5.00 GBP - ticket_5 — 0.00 GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Old Library, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RF - **lat**: 52.2053370000 - **long**: 0.1218170000 - **full address**: The Old Library, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RF, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RF, Cambridge, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Event Photo 1 - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/live69b68dfc874ae.png - **Alt text**: Event Photo 2 - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/live69b68df2d244f.jpeg - **Alt text**: Event Photo 3 - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/live69b68dec8c7ad.jpeg ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray being held? - **A:** Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray takes place on Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Old Library, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RF, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RF, Cambridge, United Kingdom. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray? - **A:** Tickets for Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray are priced at GBP 10 per person. - **Q**: What is the refund policy for Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray? - **A:** The refund policy for Pure painting: Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction by Dr Natalia Murray is as follows: Please note that we are unable to issue refunds for purchased tickets. 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