Pioneers of Paint

Morning in the Village after Snowstorm (Utro posle v’iugi v derevne) is today found in the Guggenheim Museum within the US. It was completed in 1912, just before the artist moved on, stylistically. For several years he would work within this approach, a type of Cubism mixed with Futurism, where gradients of colour would be … Read more

Марфа и Ванька, or Marpha and Van’ka, was a modern artwork by Kazimir Malevich from around 1929. By now the artist was ageing and this would be one of his final paintings from a long and highly distinguished career. The portrait comes from a series of work which is known as his 2nd Peasant Cycle … Read more

Little Village is a painting by Kazimir Malevich which was finished in 1908 and is now a part of a large collection in the Netherlands. This complex piece features a charming landscape which might remind some of the work of Klimt and Kandinsky. This delightful painting features a large number of dwellings which are equally … Read more

Landscape with Five Houses makes use of a bright colour scheme which almost feels slightly Mediterranean, which would not be in keeping with Malevich’s upbringing within the Russian Empire of the early 20th century. As with most of this artist’s abstract pieces, the title sums up perfectly what can be found within the composition. The … Read more

Пейзаж с белым домом was the original Russian title given to this painting by its creator, Kazimir Malevich. It translates directly as Landscape with a White House and is a lesser known but entirely charming piece from this artist’s considerable and varied oeuvre. This small artwork from 1929 is only around half a metre tall … Read more

This bright landscape scene was completed by Kazimir Malevich in 1911 and is somewhat unusual when considering the main themes and styles of his career. The abstract style, coupled with a relaxed delivery of form could remind some of Gustav Klimt’s landscapes, perhaps also of related artists Egon Schiele and Franz Marc. They all made … Read more

This painting is loosely dated to 1912/1913 and there has been a lack of clarity to many of this artist’s work because of his lack of documentation. The artwork is sometimes referred to its full title of The Knife Grinder (Principle of Glittering) and it can be found at the Yale Unviersity Art Gallery which … Read more

1913 marked the arrival of this Cubist portrait and Malevich, its creator, was soon to go on a stylistic path of discovery that would ultimately lead to the formation of the Suprematist art movement. This painting has been classified under the first peasant cycle which was a body of work by Malevich that focused on … Read more