Poster for the First Phalanx Exhibition by Wassily Kandinsky, 1901 porto and the surrounding areas with

and the surrounding areas with this meticulously detailed map from 1925

with many local communities contributing soldiers and resources

Portsmouth (1653) - A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination

Nicholas Park

revealing the social topography embedded in the road names

Poster for the First Phalanx Exhibition by Wassily Kandinsky, 1901 porto and the surrounding areas withWassily Kandinskys Plakat fr die erste Ausstellung der Phalanx (1901) introduces us to the artist at a pivotal, pre abstraction moment. Designed to promote the inaugural exhibition of the Munich based Phalanx group he helped establish, this expressive poster captures the turn of the century shift toward modern art. While Kandinsky would soon champion pure abstraction, here he channels the Art Nouveau spirituniting ornament, image, and bold letteringto