The creator of the first modern abstract paintings, Wassily Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist.In his youth, he studied law and economics at the University of Moscow, and was later hired as a professor of Roman law at the University of Dorpat in Estonia.n 1914, after the beginning of World War I, Kandinsky returned to Moscow, where he did not find much inspiration in the art world.
1628: Salem was established with the arrival of John Endecott and about 100 others. 1636: Salem banished clergyman Roger Williams, who went on to found the colony of Rhode Island. 1638: A small group settled about 5 miles outside of Salem town, in what became Salem Village.he events of 1692 in Salem Village, resulting in 185 accused of witchcraft, 156 formally charged, 47 confessions and 19 executed by hanging, remain one of the most studied phenomena in colonial American history. Far more women than men were among the accused, convicted and executed.
Salem, MA. Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County. Home to Salem State University, the Salem Willows Park and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem is a residential and tourist area which includes the neighborhoods of Salem Neck, The Point, South Salem and North Salem, Witchcraft Heights, Pickering Wharf, and the McIntire Historic District (named after Salem's famous architect and carver, Samuel McIntire).