Munter was both Kandinsky's girlfriend and student (at the Phalanx School). They traveled together where she picked up some of his style but mostly moved toward Expressionist influences. She also began painting glass. She joined an art group founded by Kandinsky and Franz Marc called Der Blaue Reiter, where she found herself interested in Kandinsky's abstract art, yet more drawn towards figurative art in her own work. Some humor is often found in her work. She moved to Switzerland when WWI broke out, and with the move came her separation from Kandinsky.
I found this work interesting because in it I see layers of her relationship with Kandinsky, with the bright colors, while at the same time seeing the more expressionist side of her with the more realistic lines and details.
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