1866–1944
Wassily Kandinsky
Avant-garde painter of Russian origin
78years old at death
28,498days lived
66%of the people on this site died younger
Wassily Kandinsky was born on 4 December 1866 and died on 13 December 1944, aged 78 years and 9 days. That is 28,498 days in all.
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