Tag: avant-garde
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Why is Wassily Kandinsky “The Rider” (1909) an important work?
Around 1910, Kandinsky’s artistic style began to shift significantly towards abstraction. In 1910, he completed his first truly abstract watercolor, marking a pivotal moment in his career. This period also saw the publication of his influential book “Concerning the Spiritual in Art” in 1910, where he explored the spiritual dimensions of art and its connection…
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Principles of Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematism Philosophy
Suprematist art, specially drawn in out-of-proportion size with the art concept, was a small standing mirror in which the materialistic men of a materialistic century could look at themselves…Suprematism presented to the Russian people the greatest aspects of non-objectivity in art and by so doing, open the way to a deeper understanding of art. Malevich…
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Kazimir Malevich – Who was he?
Kazimir Malevich, a seminal figure in the history of modern art, was born in 1879 in Ukraine. His artistic journey began amidst the vibrant cultural milieu of the early 20th century, where he would ultimately become a trailblazer, challenging the conventions of traditional art and laying the groundwork for a revolutionary movement known as Suprematism.…