Tag: Russian Avant-Garde
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Malevich was born in Kyiv in a Ukrainian-Polish Catholic family. His father was a sugar production engineer, so the family often moved from one Ukrainian town to another, from sugar factory to sugar factory – Podillia, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions.
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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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The importance of “Suprematism of the Spirit” in Malevich works.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Suprematism-spirit-1919-1920.jpg Kazimir Malevich initiated the Suprematist movement in the early 20th century. It emerged as a response to the changing artistic landscape and the societal upheavals of the time. Malevich, like many avant-garde artists of his era, was searching for new ways to express the modern experience and break away from traditional artistic conventions. Suprematism…
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Unveiling the Transcendent Beauty: Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde
Unveiling the Transcendent Beauty Introduction: Entering the realm of Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde is akin to embarking on a spiritual odyssey of artistic revelation. As an impassioned collector deeply enamored by Malevich’s oeuvre, one finds oneself irresistibly drawn to the ineffable allure and profound philosophical depths that characterize each stroke of his brush.…
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Kazimir Malevich “Two Peasants” 1929-1930
Kazimir Malevich’s “Two Peasants” is a significant piece from his later period, showcasing his exploration of form and color within his distinctive style of Suprematism. Painted in 1929-1930, it reflects Malevich’s continued interest in geometric abstraction and the reduction of forms to their essential components. In “Two Peasants,” Malevich presents two figures in a simplified,…