Pioneers of Paint

The smartly dressed individual in front of us here is the father of Russian painter, Kazimir Malevich. This is one of the few portraits that he produced of his family members. Seweryn and his wife, Ludwika, was polish immigrants who worked hard to give son Kazimir as good a start in life as possible. For … Read more

Portrait of Mikhail Matyushin is a 1913 abstract artwork by Kazimir Malevich. He would work in this style several times across that year, also giving us the likes of Lamp, Musical Instruments. There were many different techniques used within the Cubist movement, with this approach being entirely familiar. We find a standard portrait fragmented, with … Read more

Ivan Kliun was a famous Moscovite artist who is captured here within a Cubist portrait by Kazimir Malevich. Artists would often collaborate together, particularly so with regards modern artists such as these who benefited from being amongst like minded company. The artwork itself is highly abstract, where the man’s facial features are morphed and re-arranged … Read more

Portrait of a Young Woman was created by Russian painter Kazimir Malevich in 1908-1909. It therefore shows his progression as a young artist prior to his spell in abstract art. The model looks directly at us in this painting but with a somber, relatively disinterested expression on her face. The artist paints her hair in … Read more

Portrait of a Man is a painting by Kazimir Malevich from 1912. Some believe the model to actually been a gentleman by the name of Alexei Morgunov although this has never been confirmed. The smartly dressed man wears a yellow tie with white shirt and a dark blue or grey suit jacket. His face is … Read more

Here we find another modern interpretation of the theme of peasant life in Russia. Malevich would re-visit this topic many times over and was actually from a fairly modest background himself. There was also a strong connection between those feeding the nation and the rest of the country during this period. This portrait of peasants … Read more

Peasants would feature many times within the career of Kazimir Malevich, with this version being completed in 1930. He was in the last years of his life by this point but was still working productively right up until his eventual passing. Here in front of us we find two peasants standing right in front of … Read more

This painting is dated at around 1912 and was a part of Kazimir Malevich’s First Peasant Cycle, which was a selection of artworks that drew attention to the lives of ordinary people with the artist’s native country. Крестьянка с ведрами и ребенком, to give it its original Russian title, came during an important decade for … Read more

This highly complex scene will remind some of the tubular cubism produced by Fernand Leger. Here we find Malevich working in yet another new way, as he consistently changed his approach whilst still remaining within this futuristic style of art. The original Russian title of this painting was, Женщина с ведрами, which roughly translates as … Read more