Kandinsky was elected president of the association and also became the director of the Phalanx School of Painting. The association organized twelve exhibitions between 1901 and 1904 which in addition to those of its members, featured works by Claude Monet, Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) artists, Symbolists and Post-Impressionist artists Paul Signac, Félix Vallotton and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Phalanx เกิดขึ้นในเมืองงมิวนิกในปีค.ศ.1901 สมาชิกที่ร่วมก่อตั้งได้แก่ Wassily Kandinsky, Rolf Niczky, Waldemar Hecker และ Wilhelm Hüsgen