Regular and Large print chart included
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Crinolines (also known as Dame in Krinolinen) by Wassily Kandinsky is a brilliant explosion of color and decorative movement that captures the elegance and spectacle of fashionable society through Kandinsky’s increasingly expressive style. Painted in 1909, the artwork reflects the artist’s transition away from realism and toward the bold color experimentation and emotional abstraction that would soon define his groundbreaking modernist work.
The composition depicts elegantly dressed figures gathered in a vibrant garden or park setting, their flowing crinolines and decorative clothing transformed into simplified shapes and radiant patches of color. Kandinsky uses luminous yellows, greens, reds, blues, and oranges to build an almost musical rhythm across the painting, emphasizing emotional energy and visual harmony over realistic detail. The original painting resides at the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
Influenced by Fauvism, Expressionism, and Symbolist ideas, Kandinsky sought to evoke feeling through color and form rather than direct representation. In Crinolines, the figures become part of a larger decorative arrangement where architecture, landscape, and costume blend together into a dreamlike scene filled with movement and light. The bright palette and flattened perspective create an atmosphere that feels joyful, theatrical, and slightly surreal.
This painting belongs to an important transitional period in Kandinsky’s career, just before his move into full abstraction and the founding of the Der Blaue Reiter movement. The decorative patterns, glowing colors, and softened forms reveal his growing belief that art could communicate emotion in a way similar to music.
This museum-quality full-coverage cross-stitch pattern beautifully recreates the vivid colors, expressive brushwork, and decorative energy of Kandinsky’s original painting. The luminous palette and stylized forms make this an especially rewarding project for stitchers who love Expressionism, colorful modern art, and bold artistic statement pieces.
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Design Size:
324w x 238h stitches
Types of Stitches:
Full stitches only, no half or quarter stitches, no backstitching
Level of Difficulty:
Advanced
Sewn Design Size:
14 count: 23.14 x 17.00 inches - 588mm x 432mm
18 count: 18.00 x 13.22 inches - 457mm x 336mm
20 count: 16.20 x 11.90 inches - 411mm x 302mm
22 count: 14.73 x 10.82 inches - 374mm x 275mm
Fabric size necessary for design:
Add six inches to both length and width (3" on each side)
Number of floss colors in the design: 80 (DMC cotton floss) No blended colors.
