Introduction
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (February 23, 1878 – May 15, 1935) was a Russian painter and art theoretician. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the avant-garde Suprematist movement. He was a devout Christian mystic who believed the central task of an artist was that of rendering spiritual feeling.
Wikidata
Q130777
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Introduction
Malevich was a pivotal figure of the Russian avant-garde movement during the revolutionary periods of 1905 and 1917 and immediately after. He developed a style of severe geometric abstraction called Suprematism and was a leading force in the development of Constructivism. While his work was suppressed by the Soviets during the 1930s and remained little known for decades, it was rediscovered in the mid-1950s and became an influence on such movements as Hard-edge painting and Minimalism. Russian painter.
Nationalities
Russian, Soviet, undetermined
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Author, Designer, Decorative artist, Painter, Sculptor, Theorist
Names
Kazimir Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich Malevich, Kazimir Severinovič Malevič, Kasimir Malevich, Kasimir Malevic, Kasimir Malevitch, Kasimir Severinovitch Malevitch, Casimir Severinovitch Malévitch, Kazimir Malevitj, Kasimir Malewitsch, Kasimir Ssewerinowitsch Malewitsch, Kasimir Severinovich Malevich, Casimir SeverinoviC Malevich, T. Malevich, H. Malevich, Kazimir Malevič, Kazimir Sévérinovitch Malévitch, Ḳazimir Severinovits' Malevits', Kazimir Malevitsh, Kazimir Malewicz, Kazimir Malevitsj, Казимир Северинович Малевич, Казимир Малевич, כזימיר סברינוביץ׳ מלביץ׳
ULAN
500004959
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