Regular and Large print chart included
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Amazon in Mountains by Wassily Kandinsky is a vivid and highly imaginative composition that reflects Kandinsky’s transition from representational imagery toward spiritual abstraction. Painted around 1917–1918, the work combines symbolic figures, dreamlike landscapes, and explosive color into a scene filled with movement, mystery, and emotional intensity.
The painting features a stylized mounted figure racing through a fantastical mountain landscape populated with abstracted forms, fragmented shapes, and glowing symbolic elements. Kandinsky abandons realistic perspective in favor of rhythmic composition and expressive color contrasts, using deep blues, fiery reds, luminous whites, and bold black outlines to create a sense of energy and inner emotion rather than physical reality.
Influenced by Expressionism, Russian folk art, spirituality, and music, Kandinsky believed that color and form could communicate emotional and spiritual truths directly to the viewer. The horse and rider motif appears frequently throughout his work, often symbolizing transformation, movement, freedom, or spiritual struggle. In Amazon in Mountains, the fragmented terrain and floating symbolic imagery create an almost mystical atmosphere suspended between dream and reality.
The painting reflects Kandinsky’s growing movement toward abstraction while still retaining recognizable narrative elements. Shapes dissolve into decorative rhythms and symbolic forms, allowing viewers to experience the artwork emotionally rather than literally. The result feels dynamic, theatrical, and deeply imaginative.
This museum-quality full-coverage cross-stitch pattern beautifully recreates the bold colors, dramatic contrasts, and expressive movement of Kandinsky’s original artwork. The rich jewel tones, abstract details, and fantastical imagery make this an especially rewarding project for stitchers who love Expressionism, early abstract art, and visually striking modernist designs.
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Design Size:
245w x 324h stitches
Types of Stitches:
Full stitches only, no half or quarter stitches, no backstitching
Level of Difficulty:
Advanced
Sewn Design Size:
14 count: 17.50 x 23.14 inches - 445mm x 588mm
18 count: 13.61 x 18.00 inches - 346mm x 457mm
20 count: 12.25 x 16.20 inches - 311mm x 411mm
22 count: 11.14 x 14.73 inches - 283mm x 374mm
Fabric size necessary for design:
Add six inches to both length and width (3" on each side)
Number of floss colors in the design: 78 (DMC cotton floss) No blended colors.
