Vasily Kandinsky devoted his life’s work to the effect of shape and color. His thoughts on the never-ending play of cosmic powers led him to coin the idea of "inner necessity" as the source of true artistic creation. He lived in the Mitteldeutschland region from 1922 to 1932 while he worked as a master with the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau.

In June 1926, one year after the Bauhaus’ move to Dessau, the Kandinsky couple moved into one of the master houses recently built by Walter Gropius. Compared to other Bauhaus masters, Kandinsky’s decoration of the house’s interior ventured away from the purist concept of New Objectivity architecture. Shades of rose, yellow, grey and black dominate the ground-level floor. The most striking features are the nook with the gilded walls and the equally gilded door and window frames in the living room. The choice of colors, albeit most likely not immediately related to the conception of those images, is reminiscent of the works created in the Dessau period. In all, Kandinsky’s master house is one reflection of his artistic universe.