Kazimir Malevich
Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist
1879-1935
Winter,
1909
1909
The Knifegrinder,
1912
1912
Suprematism,
1915
1915
early works
later works
Sensation of an imprisoned man,
1930–31
1930–31
Boy,
1928/1929
1928/1929
Girl with a Comb in her Hair,
1933
1933
Critics derided Malevich's art as a negation of everything good and pure: love of life and love of nature
extremely expensive
In May 2018, Suprematist Composition sold at Christie 's New York for over US$85 million (including fees), a record auction price for a Russian work of art
In April 2002, the last black square was auctioned for an equivalent of US$1 million
Malevich exhibited his first Black Square in 1915
The second Black Square was painted around 1923
Some believe that the third Black Square was painted in 1929
One more Black Square may have been intended as a diptych together with the Red Square (1932)
The second Black Square was painted around 1923
Some believe that the third Black Square was painted in 1929
One more Black Square may have been intended as a diptych together with the Red Square (1932)
The painting was created in 1916 and stayed with the artist until June 1927.
Malevich exhibited his work in the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung in Berlin, but soon left for the Soviet Union.
Malevich exhibited his work in the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung in Berlin, but soon left for the Soviet Union.
Black Square,
1915
1915
Suprematist Composition,
1916
1916
he developed an approach with key works consisting of pure geometric forms and their relationships to one another, set against minimal grounds
In autumn 1930, he was arrested and interrogated by the KGB in Leningrad, accused of Polish espionage, and threatened with execution.
He was released from imprisonment In early December.
He was released from imprisonment In early December.
