This painting is a fine example of Malevich’s Suprematist style which came about during the 1910s. This particular piece is dated at 1916 and can now be found in St Petersburg at the highly respected Russian Museum, where the full breadth of this nation’s artistic output is on display. This painting features a myriad of … Read more
Supremus No.50 dates from 1915 and at this point the artist, Malevich, was perfecting his Suprematist art style. It involved the use of squares and lines in simple abstract arrangements. Malevich would demonstrate here his desire to reject reality entirely within his paintings by this stage of his career. He did not want people to … Read more
Kazimir Malevich’s “Suprematist Composition (with Eight Red Rectangles)” is an icon of 20th-century abstract art, dating back to 1915. Fittingly named, this piece features eight red rectangles, each of varying sizes and orientations, collated together in a seemingly weightless environment. This painting stands as one of the earliest examples of abstract art, breaking away from … Read more
We find here one of the simpler variants from the Suprematist period of Kazimir Malevich. The Russian painter would sketch out his ideas first on paper before then working with oils, often making use of very limited palettes of colour. This painting, Suprematist Composition with Plane in Projection, was entered into a high profile auction … Read more
A tilted blue triangle overlapping a larger black rectangle against a vacant white backdrop. Such basic elemental forms transformed modern art forever when Kazimir Malevich unveiled his radical Suprematist painting “Blue Triangle and Black Rectangle” in 1915. This sparse yet visually striking composition exemplified Malevich’s belief in the “supremacy of pure feeling” achieved through abstract … Read more
“Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying” is a quintessential representation of Kazimir Malevich’s innovative approach to art, crafted meticulously in 1915. At a first glance, the viewer is met with thirteen contrasting rectangles in hues of black, yellow, red, and blue set against a pristine white background. However, diving deeper into its essence, one realizes that Malevich’s … Read more
Suprematist Composition is an iconic work of Russian avant-garde art created by pioneer of abstract art, Kazimir Malevich. Painted in 1916, this oil on canvas piece remained in the artist’s possession for over a decade until 1927 when it was given to German architect Hugo Häring. Also known as Suprematist Composition: Blue Rectangle Over Red … Read more
Suprematism Self Portrait in Two Dimensions continues Malevich’s obsession with abstract lines and shapes for the very art movement that he himself had created. Whilst many will immediately see the work of Kandinsky within this artwork, Malevich is more closely linked to the movement of Suprematism. Their careers overlapped in many ways, stylistically, but also … Read more
Here we find Kazimir Malevich working within his Suprematist style, which involved a new abstract world taking supremacy over reality. He wanted to disconnect completely from pre-conceived ideas when one viewed his paintings within this new style. This simple composition contains a solid red vertical line which sits centrally. A black line intercepts it just … Read more