Landscape with Two Poplars by Wassily Kandinsky, 1912 north london Escargot (Helix pomatia)

Escargot (Helix pomatia)

is a dazzling illustration from John James Audubon's seminal work "The Birds of America

reflective highlights on wet ground and piled wares enliven the scene

is celebrated for its stunning use of chromolithography to produce vibrant contrasts and colors

and Buttes-Chaumont

Landscape with Two Poplars by Wassily Kandinsky, 1912 north london Escargot (Helix pomatia)Landscape with Two Poplars (1912) by Wassily Kandinsky captures a pivotal moment just before the artists celebrated leap into pure abstraction. Painted in 1912, this early landscape draws upon the natural world while translating it into heightened color and simplified, almost symbolic forms. The paired poplars named in the title are sensed more than described, as if drifting between memory and vision. Kandinskys scene becomes a study in atmosphere,