Most people say 1911, when Wassily Kandinsky painted what’s considered the first purely abstract piece. But abstraction wasn’t born in a single moment—it was brewing long before that.

Most people say 1911, when Wassily Kandinsky painted what’s considered the first purely abstract piece. But abstraction wasn’t born in a single moment—it was brewing long before that.

Abstract art is tricky. Some pieces feel completely detached from reality—just color, texture, and movement. Others? They hint at something deeper. A landscape. A figure. An emotion.

Abstract art doesn’t tell you what to see. It doesn’t hand you a tidy, easy-to-digest meaning. And that’s exactly why it matters. It forces you to think, feel, and interpret—without a safety net.