Wassily Kandinsky was born in Russia in 1866. He studied law and economics but also took drawing and painting classes. He was inspired by the works of famous painters Rembrandt and Monet. At age 30, he decided to pursue a career in painting and moved to Munich to study art, abandoning his original career path. In Munich, he met Paul Klee and they became close friends. Early in his career, Kandinsky showed interest in color through works like Squares with Concentric Circles, Various Circles, Composition VIII, Yellow, Red and Blue, Blue Sky, Color Studies, and Gravitation that moved toward abstraction.