The Kandinsky Library (or ''Bibliothèque Kandinsky'' in French) is a library of 20th and 21st century
visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile art ...
located at the
Pompidou Centre
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
in Paris, France. It also serves as the Documentation and Research Centre of the
French National Museum of Modern Art (''Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle,'' or MNAM / CCI).
It is named after the
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n painter and
art theorist Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...
, a pioneer in
abstract art and a leading figure in early 20th century visual arts.
Collections
Created in 2002, the Kandinsky Library includes over 200,000 works (
art book
Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that utilize the form of the book. They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects.
Overview
Artists' books have employed a ...
s, art journals, photographs,
audio recordings, videos, artists' archives, etc.) from about 5,000 artists, designers, and architects. A large fraction of these collections come from the former ''Centre national d'art contemporain (CNAC)''. Since the acquisition of the Paul Destribats collection in 2006,
Le fonds Paul Destribats. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
/ref> the Kandinsky Library is one of the larger visual art collections in the world for the first half of the 20th century.
Notes
External links
Online catalog
Research tool for archival finding aids
Visual arts libraries
Research libraries in France
Libraries in Paris
Wassily Kandinsky
Libraries established in 2002
2002 establishments in France
Centre Pompidou
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