Kasimir Severinovich Malevich ( Kasimir Sewerinowitsch Malewitsch * 1879 † 1935 )

Artist Kazimir Malevich

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Kasimir Malevich Self-Portrait

The painter Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was born in 1879 in Kiev, Ukraine. He was a leading figure of the Russian avant-garde, a pioneer of Constructivism, and the founder of Suprematism. He was influenced by late Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism. His abstract suprematist painting, The Black Square on a White Ground, from 1915, is considered a milestone in modern painting and is referred to as an "icon of modernity."

Malevich grew up in modest conditions. He completed his rudimentary schooling with an apprenticeship at an agricultural school. However, his interest in drawing from nature was sparked at the age of 13. By working as a technical draftsman, he was able to save enough money to study at the School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Moscow.

His initial experience came in 1904 when he saw Claude Monet's painting of the Rouen Cathedral; from that moment, he considered himself an Impressionist. His first public exhibition took place in 1907 in Moscow, alongside the then-unknown artist Wassily Kandinsky. Works like The Woodcutter, which was also featured in the International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York in 1913, were created under the influence of Cubo-Futurism. In the same year, his work on the stage design of an opera marked the birth of Suprematism: Malevich painted the first Black Square on a stage curtain. Although exhibitions with suprematist paintings initially received harsh criticism, they marked the breakthrough to non-objective, abstract art. As a master of abstraction, he influenced many artists, including Piet Mondrian's style of Neoplasticism.

A radical shift in Malevich's work occurred at the end of the 1920s with a return to figurative painting incorporating suprematist elements. He dedicated these works to the beloved peasants who suffered under the forced collectivization of agriculture, which was expressed in his new style. In 1935, Malevich died of cancer in Leningrad.

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