Kazimir Malevich
Founder of Suprematism and pioneer of abstract painting.
He developed Suprematism as an art of pure form, which he believed conveyed the supreme reality of existence: pure feeling.[1] Kazimir Severinovich Malevich, whose work and writings were foundational for the development of 20th-century abstract painting, was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 23 February 1879
- Birthplace
- Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Died
- 15 May 1935
- Place of death
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Movement
- Suprematism
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He spoke Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian in his childhood home.[3] He participated in the first exhibition of the Knave of Diamonds collective in December 1910.[4] Malevich's Polish parents, who had relocated after the unsuccessful January Uprising of 1863, gave birth to him near Kiev in 1879.[5][6] Malevich passed away from cancer on 15 May 1935 in Leningrad; the Black Square was positioned above his deathbed.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Gagosian Gallery exhibition "Malevich and the American Legacy" featured six rare paintings, including Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension (1915).[1] In 2000, a Malevich painting was auctioned for the first time since his death, following a settlement between the Museum of Modern Art and Malevich's heirs.[8] The Malevich family still had lawsuits pending against the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam as of 2000.[8] Malevich's works were not exhibited again in the Soviet Union until 1962.[8]
References
- Malevich and the American Legacy, March 3 – April 30, 2011 Gagosian Gallery, New York.. facts only, no text reused. gagosian.com
- Wikipedia, "Kazimir Malevich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: // ЦГИАК Украины, ф. 1268, оп. 1, д. 26, л. 13об—14. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kazimir Malevich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shkandrij 2019, p. 106; Turowski, "Supremus Malewicza: wystawa w 125 rocznicę urodzin artysty", Muzeum Narodowe, 2004; Shatskikh, Aleksandra Semenovna. 2013. Black Square: Malevich and the Origin of Suprematism. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. p. 51.; Radio Svododa, "Malevich: Ukrainskyi kvadrat (dokumentalnyi film)", 23 February 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kazimir Malevich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moran, "Malevich", Tate Publishing, 2014; Sokolov, "P. P. Konchalovsky (1876-1956) (On His Methods as a Painter of Pictures)", Leonardo, 1978, p. 321–325; Malevich, "Notes on Architecture", 1924 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kazimir Malevich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kazimir Malevich, 1878-1935", The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kazimir Malevich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moran, "Malevich", Tate Publishing, 2014; Tarasov, "Modernism and the Spiritual in Russian Art: New Perspectives", Open Book Publishers, 2017-11-13 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kazimir Malevich" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schjehldahl, "The Prophet: Malevich's Revolution"; Cole, "Spring", JAMA, 16 March 2011, p. 1066; Sophia Kishkovsky (30 August 2013), Malevich’s Burial Site Is Found, Underneath Housing Development The New York Times. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wood, Tony. "The man they couldn't hang". The Guardian, 10 May 2000. Retrieved 21 March 2018.. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
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