Malevich

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A Russian painter of the early 20th century known for simple abstract shapes like the Black Square

proper noun
/məˈlɛvɪtʃ/

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Later in the book, he and Smith expose a Russian oligarch, Sergei Korolyov, who has given the Miami Art Museum seventy million dollars' worth of paintings by the likes of Malevich and Kandinsky.
Kazimir Malevich
Malevich's Black Square
artist Kazimir Malevich

Examples

It also offers a unique collection of 29 paintings by Casimir Malevich, a superb Dutch photography collection, and an interesting collection of European and American trends in art since 1950, as well as works of Matisse.

Blog text (22)
The works of Malevich greatly influenced modern art and inspired many artists around the world.
" It's a Constructivist design inspired by Malevich.

Fiction book (1992)
His compositions show the influence of Malevich and Suprematism.

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Until Malevich painted his black square in 1914, the farthest, most radical reaches of Western art remained within the frame of mimesis.

Academic text (2001)
At least on the face of it, it is hard not to see Malevich's Black Square as Reinhardt's formal (and thus, perhaps, spiritual) predecessor (Fig. 1).

Academic text (2014)
Kazimir Malevich is often recognized as a pioneer of abstract art and the founder of the Suprematist movement.
In his famous painting, Malevich showcased simple geometric forms to express complex ideas about art.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Malevich is a Slavic family name: the ending -vich means 'son of', and the first part Male is like the Slavic word maly meaning 'small' or a short personal name. So Malevich originally meant 'son of Male' or 'son of the small one', which helps explain why we use this surname for the painter Kazimir Malevich.