Nina Kandinsky
Russian art collector (1899–1980)
Biography
Nina Nikolayevna Kandinsky or Kandinskaya (Russian: Нина Николаевна Кандинская; née Andreyevskaya; 27 January 1899 – 2 September 1980) was a Russian art collector and writer who was the second wife of Wassily Kandinsky.
After Wassily's death in 1944 she oversaw his estate, selling works to major museums, and after her death, she bequeathed her remaining collection of his works and documents to the Centre Pompidou. In 1963, she played an "important role" in securing the first loan of artwork from the Russian government to an American museum since before WWII. She published Wassily und ich: Mein leben mit einem großen Künstler in 1976 and established the Société Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou in 1979. She was murdered in 1980.
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Family
- Spouse(s)
- Wassily Kandinsky
Quick answers about Nina Kandinsky
- How old was Nina Kandinsky?
- Nina Kandinsky died on September 2, 1980 at the age of 81.
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- Nina Kandinsky was born in Moscow.
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- Nina Kandinsky is a citizen of France.
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- Nina Kandinsky is known as artist.
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- According to Wikidata, Nina Kandinsky's spouse is or was Wassily Kandinsky.
