“We do not want to leave Germany forever. Something I would not be able to manage at all, since my roots sit too deep in German soil.”

— Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky to Will Grohmann, 4 Dec. 1933; as quoted in 'Klee & Kandinsky', 2015 exhibition text, Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau Munich, 2015-2016 https://www.zpk.org/en/exhibitions/review_0/2015/klee-kandinsky-969.html <br class="br">1930 - 1944

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