\ATXsh255 Founder of the ôBlaue Reiterö in Munich together with Marc and Macke, he was one of th
e fathers of abstract painting. With the \i Improvisations\i0 series he arrived at abstraction through a total renunciation of representation of the object. His analysis of forms and colors and of abstract meanings was conducted in parallel with a theor
etical reflection that culminated in the publication of \i Concerning the Spiritual in Art\i0 in Munich in 1912. The title was in itself an indication of his leaning toward an abstract art shot through with a vein of lyricism and symbolism. \i Point, Li
ne and Surface\i0 , published in 1926, can be taken as a symbol of his teaching and of the new rules that governed creative freedom. His work on language was carried out in distinctly avant-garde terms, ascribing full autonomy to signs and colors.\ATXsh4607
