Kleine Welten II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1922 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) Merian’s “London” captures a metropolis

Merian’s “London” captures a metropolis alive with commerce

punctuated by the ship’s bright white hull and a blue funnel that acts like a cool exclamation point

Strong silhouettes of trees and rocky outcrops in the foreground guide the eye toward the distant peaks

The "Sharp-tailed Finch" stands out for its meticulous detail

River Severn: The longest river in the United Kingdom

Kleine Welten II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1922 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) Merian’s “London” captures a metropolisWassily Kandinskys Kleine Welten II (1922) captures the artist at a decisive moment in his career, as he refined a language of pure abstraction built from lines, circles, arcs, and energized fields of color. Created in the early 1920sa period when Kandinsky was newly engaged with the ideas of the Bauhausthis composition channels his belief that color and form could function like music: rhythm, counterpoint, and harmony without the need for literal