Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter in Murnau

He is her teacher, she his pupil: at the beginning of the 20th century, the young Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky meet in Munich. She becomes his lover, his companion, his muse, she is at his side when he founds the artists' association "Der Blaue Reiter" together with Franz Marc in 1911. She stayed with him for fifteen years - against the will of her family, who did not approve of her living with the married artist. During the First World War, Kandinsky returns to Russia - and marries someone else there. It will take a long time for Gabriele Münter to get over this. It was not until 1927 that she was able to paint properly again. A fascinating biography, the portrait of a woman caught between self-realisation and convention. Images © Wikimedia Commons, Flickr u.a. Music: L.E.V. Thoinet Arbeau, Cassendre, The Broadside Band, Thoinet Arbeau, Cassandra, Pinagay, Charlotte. Pictures: W. Kandinsky: G. Munter painting, 1909 G. Münter: Kandinsky painting landscape, 1903 Jawlensky und Werefkin, 1909 W. Kandinsky: Gabriele Münter painting outdoors in front of an easel, 1910 G. Münter: The House of the Russians, 1931 Interior, 1909 W. Kandinsky: My dining room, 1909 G. Münter: The man at the table, 1911 W. Kandinsky: View from the window of the Griesbräu, 1908 Murnau, Landscape with Church Study of landscape with tree trunk, 1908 G. Münter: Landscape study Murnau, 1909 Old school Murnau, 1912 (View of Murnau) Staffelsee lake, 1908 Boat trip with Kandinsky, 1909 View of Murnau Moor, 1908 Dusk, 1908 W. Kandinsky: Dark lake, 1901 Landscape at Murnau, 1908 Houses on a hill, 1909 Autumn landscape with tree, 1910 G. Münter: The yellow house, 1909 Murnau in the snow, 1954 House in the winter sun, 1909 W. Kandinsky: Winter landscape with church 1911 Path and Houses, 1909 Landscape with locomotive, 1909 Study for Murnau with church, 1910 G. Münter: Mountain landscape with house, 1910 Landscape 1910 Farmer's wife with child, 1909 Jawlensky und Werefkin, 1909 (detail) From Kandinsky painted objects in the 'Münterhouse' or "Russianhouse"