Wassily Kandinsky revolutionized the artistic visualization of sound. His paintings strove to mirror the expressive power of music and he often spoke of them in terms of musical vocabulary—harmonics, vibrations, and chords of color. This synaesthetic mode was emboldened in 1911 when he heard Arnold Schoenberg’s “3 Klavierstücke Op. 11. No. 3” performed in Munich. It’s fitting that this particular Schoenberg piece made such an impact on Kandinsky because it marked the composer’s cutting of ties with tonality in favor of seeking new horizons of sound—vibrant spaces where expression ruled supreme. Captivated, Kandinsky followed suit and created a series titled Improvisations, which channeled his sonic epiphanies into evocative paintings.