Pictures at an exhibition picture xvi 1930 is a high quality giclee print of and original work by wassily kandinsky picture xvi or the great gate of kiev is one of a series of works kandinsky created around and inspired by pictures at an exhibition ten piano pieces by russian composer modest mussorgsky movement no 10 the great gate of kiev features a grand main theme that exalts the opening promenade kandinsky was often inspired by music and believed works of art should be able to move