Pseud-synesthete artists

Ackermann, Max	Klee, Paul	Screibman, Phillip
Ciurlionis, Mikalojus	Korostelev, Alexander	Stadnik, George
de Maistre, Roy	Mondrian, Piet	Veronesi, Luigi
Itten, Johannes	O'Keeffe, Georgia	Weder, Jakob
Kandinsky, Wassily	Picabia, Francis	Winter, Janus De

Ackermann, Max


	Entschwebende Klänge ("Sounds floating away")

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas (1875 - 1911)


	*Sonata of the Sun. Allegro*



*Sonata of the Sun. Scherzo*



*Sonata of the Spring. Allegro*





*Sonata of the* *Spring. Scherzo*



*Sonata of the Stars. Allegro*


		*Sonata of the Sun. Andante*



		*Sonata of the Sun. Finale*


	*Sonata of the Spring. Andan*te


	*Sonata of the Spring. Finale*


	*Sonata of the Stars. Andante*


de Maistre, Roy - Australian painter.



Itten, Johannes

			Blaugrüner Klang

Kandinsky, Wassily

Kandinsky, working in the 1920's, was also not a synesthete, despite his fame for his synesthetic artwork. Many of his paintings and stage pieces were based upon a set and established system of correspondences between colors and the timbres of specific musical instruments. Kandinsky himself, however, stated that his correspondences between colors and musical timbres has no "scientific" basis, but was founded upon a combination of his own personal feelings, current prevailing cultural biases, and mysticism (see Kandinsky 1994; see also Dann 1998; Riccò 1999: 138-142).

Schematization of the correspondences between colors and musical timbres according to Kandinsky:

Colors		Musical timbres
Yellow		Trumpet; Sound of the fanfare
Azure		Flute
Blue		Deep sounds from the organ
Dark blue		Cello
Very dark blue		Bass
Green		Middle tones of the violin
White		Temporary pause
Black		Conclusive pause
Grey		Lack of sound
Bright red		Fanfare; Tuba/Horn
Crimson red		Drum-roll; Tuba/Horn
Cool red		Medium and deep tones of the cello
Bright cool red		Other tones of the violin
Orange		Middle bells of the church; Strong cantralto voice; Viola
Violet		English horn; Bagpipe
Deep purple		Deep tones of the woodwinds; Bassoon


Quiet Harmony (1924)



*Fugue* (1914)


		*Resonance multicolore* (1928)


	Klee, Paul (1879 - 1940)

			Fugue in Red

Korostelev, Alexander


Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944)

		Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-1943)

O'Keeffe, Georgia

Painter Georgia O'Keeffe, who flourished during the 1920's and 1930's, was not a synesthete, but was probably aware of the concept of synesthesia through her initial school-training. A few of her paintings, such as Blue and Green Music, and Music - Pink and Blue I & II, show definite signs of being synesthetic interpretations.


*Blue and Green Music*



*Music -- Pink and Blue II*


		*Music -- Pink and Blue I*

Picabia, Francis

Music is like Painting

Stadnik, George -- Lumia artist

Veronesi, Luigi --

Chromatic visualisation: J.S. Bach, Counterpoint #2 from The art of the fugue

Chromatic visualisation: Anton Webern, Variations for piano, op. 27, variation II, measures 1-19


Weder, Jakob (1906-1990)

	Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, Farbsymphonie nach dem Choral von J.S. Bach, 1990


Winter, Janus De (1882 - 1951)

		Musical Fantasy

Last updated: 29.September.2009

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