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Artist a Day:  Kazimir Malevich

Artist a day! KAZIMIR MALEVICH (1878-1935)   Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian artist and art theorist exploring the avant-garde movement. His pioneering work and writing affected the evolution of non-objective art in the 20th century.

Gouache on paper, 27 x 26.8 cm, 1910

Self-Portrait

Malevich's Works

Kazimir Malevich founded the artistic and philosophical school of Suprematism. His views about forms and purpose in the art would ultimately form the theoretical support of non-objective or abstract art.

Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, 1913

Morning in the Village after Snowstorm

Malevich's Works

He was curious about aerial photography and aviation, which directed him to abstractions motivated by or emanated from aerial landscapes.

Tempera on Canvas, 106 x 106 cm, 1915

Black Square

Malevich's Works

Some Ukrainian writers argue that Malevich's Suprematism is embedded in the traditional Ukrainian culture.

Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 71 cm, 1616

Suprematist Composition (Blue Rectangle over the Red Beam)

Malevich's Works

Kazimir Malevich influenced artists such as: Daniil Kharm Serge Segay Ilya Chashnik Ben F. Laposky

Oil on canvas, 79.4 x 79.4 cm, 1918

Suprematist Composition: White on White

Malevich's Works

“A painted surface is a real, living form.”

Famous Quote by  Kazimir Malevich

Oil on canvas, 142 x 164 cm, 1931

Sportsmen

Malevich's Works

“I tell you, you will not see the new beauty and the truth, until you make up your minds to spit.”

Famous Quote by  Kazimir Malevich

Oil on canvas, 99 x 79 cm, 1932

Complex Presentiment: Half-Figure in a Yellow Shirt

Malevich's Works

“I realized that the "thing" and the "concept" were substituted for feeling and understood the falsity of the world of will and idea”

Famous Quote by  Kazimir Malevich

Oil on canvas, 1933

The Running Man

Malevich's Works

Oil on wood, 72 x 54 cm, 1927

Carpenter

Malevich's Works

Oil on canvas, 1929

Haymaking

Malevich's Works

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