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From 1906 to 1908 Kandinsky spent a great deal of time travelling across Europe ( he was an associate of the Blue Rose symbolist group of Moscow ), until he settled in the small Bavarian town of Murnau.

The Blue Mountain ( 1908 – 1909 ) was painted at this time, demonstrating his trend toward abstraction.

A mountain of blue is flanked by two broad trees, one yellow and one red.

A procession, with three riders and several others, crosses at the bottom.

The faces, clothing, and saddles of the riders are each a single colour, and neither they nor the walking figures display any real detail.

The flat planes and the contours also are indicative of Fauvist influence.

The broad use of colour in The Blue Mountain illustrates Kandinsky's inclination toward an art in which colour is presented independently of form, and which each colour is given equal attention.

The composition is more planar ; the painting is divided into four sections: the sky, the red tree, the yellow tree and the blue mountain with the three riders.