Vasily Kandinsky had a spiritual relationship with colour. Who was Vasily Kandinsky? Kandinsky was a Russian avant-garde artist, working in the late 19th to mid-20th century. He is best known for his abstract paintings, many of which were inspired by music. It is speculated he had synesthesia and experienced colour as sound, and sound as colour. He was a teacher at the famous Bauhaus school in Germany before it was closed by Nazis in the 30s. He described it as a "living being" and a channel through which to reach the spiritual realm. "Blue is the typical heavenly colour," he...