Victor Kandinsky

Victor Kandinsky
Виктор Хрисанфович Кандинский
Portrait of Victor Kandinsky, 1880
Born(1849-04-06)6 April 1849
Died3 July 1889(1889-07-03) (aged 40)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Cause of deathsuicide by opium
CitizenshipRussian Empire
EducationMoscow Imperial University (1872)
Known forresearch on the psychopathology of pseudohallucinations
SpouseElizaveta Karlovna Freimut–Kandinskaya
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsPsychiatric Hospital of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker [ru] (1881–1889)
Academic advisorsAleksei Kozhevnikov

Victor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky (Russian: Виктор Хрисанфович Кандинский, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər xrʲɪˈsanfəvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj]; 6 April 1849 – 3 July 1889) was a Russian Empire psychiatrist, and was 2nd cousin to famed artist Wassily Kandinsky.[1] He was born in Siberia into a large family of extremely wealthy businessmen.[2] Victor Kandinsky was one of the famous figures in Russian psychiatry and most notable for his contributions to the understanding of hallucinations.[3]

  1. ^ Kandinsky family tree, 6th generation. (in Russian)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lerner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lerner, Vladimir; Margolin, Jacob; Witztum, Eliezer (2012). "Victor Kandinsky (1849–89): a pioneer of modern Russian forensic psychiatry". History of Psychiatry. 23 (2): 216–228. doi:10.1177/0957154X11416550. ISSN 0957-154X. PMID 23057230. S2CID 30068374.