Kazimir Malevich

@Artists, Birthday and Personal Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kazimir Malevich is a pioneer of the Suprematism movement in Art and is known for his works like the 'Black Square' and 'Suprematist Composition' Russian Artists & Painters Artists Pisces Celebrities Kazimir Malevich is a Russian painter most famously known for having founded the Suprematism movement in art. Born to a family of Polish religious refugees, Kazimir was drawn to the fine arts as a young child and taught himself to paint by watching local peasants. Traveling through the greater Russian Empire in the company of his father, Kazimir was exposed to the greatest artists of the age. As a young man, Kazimir Malevich decided to focus on improving his technique, and became a hard-working student at a prestigious art institute. After graduating, this budding artist began to experiment with his own techniques, eventually becoming the vanguard painter in a new art movement. As respect for Kazimir Malevich's work grew, the flower of Russian art began to blossom, and soon he had a worldwide audience appreciating his creations. Exploring new textures and materials, he broke many conventional ideas about what modern paintings could be. Kazimir remained wedded to the arts, working several times as the stage decorator for several hit plays and operas. Malevich then parlayed his deep experience into a long career as a respected professor of the arts. At the time of his death, Kazimir Malevich's works were celebrated worldwide for their innovative use of color, style and technique

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Birthday: February 23, 1879 Died on: May 15, 1935 Nationality: Russian Famous: Artists & Painters, Artists Known as: Kazimir Severinovich Malevich Universities: Moscow School of Painting Sculpture and Architecture Birth Place: Kiev Information Detail Birthday February 23, 1879 Died on May 15, 1935 Nationality Russian Famous Artists & Painters, Artists Known as Kazimir Severinovich Malevich Universities Moscow School of Painting Sculpture and Architecture Birth Place Kiev Gender Male Sun Sign Pisces Born in Kiev Famous as Painter Died at Age 56

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On 15 May, 1935, Malevich passed away after a long bout with lung cancer. His famous creation 'Black Square' was hung on the wall above his deathbed. Unsplash Personal Life

A non-profit charity named 'The Rectangular Circle of Friends of Kazimierz Malewicz' was founded in 2013. The charity's goal is to promote awareness of Kazimir's Polish ethnicity. Unsplash Personal Life

Kazimir Malevich aka Kazimierz Malewicz was born on February 23, 1879 in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. His parents, father Ludwika, and mother, Seweryn Malewicz, were native of Poland and Roman Catholics, religious refugees from the Kopyl Region of Belarus. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was born to a large family, being one of 14 children. Five of his siblings did not survive childhood. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father worked as a shift manager at a sugar factory. His job required him to tour sugar beet plantations and he often took his family along with him for these extended trips. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1895, Malevich studied drawing at a local school in Kiev. The following year he moved to Kursk and continued painting. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1904, Malevich's father died and using his inheritance, the aspiring painter moved to Moscow and enrolled at the ‘Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1910 after graduating from the school, his artistic skills greatly improved under the tutelage of famed painter Fedor Rerberg. The next year, Malevich had one of his paintings shown at a prestigious exhibition in St. Petersburg. Unsplash Career

In 1912, he developed his 'Cubo-Futuristic' style of painting. During the same year, he participated in his third exhibition in St. Petersburg and his first in Moscow. Unsplash Career

In 1914, the talented painter created and designed the stage set of the opera 'Victory Over the Sun'. The opera played to packed houses and made Malevich a celebrity. In the same year, he exhibited his paintings in the renowned 'Salon des Independants' in Paris, France. Unsplash Career

In 1915, he developed the foundations of Suprematism in his first book, 'From Cubism to Suprematism'. For the next year, he lived in an artists' cooperative in the village of Verbovka, where he produced his masterpiece 'Black Square'. Unsplash Career

In 1916, his paintings were featured as part of the 'Jack of Diamonds' artists' group that included Nathan Altman, David Burliuk and Aleksandra Ekster. It was during this period that he painted 'Suprematist Composition'. Unsplash Career

Malevich's most notable works were the inventive paintings 'Black Square', first released in 1915, and its companion piece, 'White On White', created in three years later. Unsplash Major Works

His painting the 'Black Square' was purchased in an auction in 1933 for $250,000. In 2002, the painting was sold at auction for $1 million. Unsplash Major Works

The painting 'Suprematist Composition' was sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York for $60 million. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	February 23, 1879
Died on	May 15, 1935
Nationality	Russian
Famous	Artists & Painters, Artists
Known as	Kazimir Severinovich Malevich
Universities	Moscow School of Painting Sculpture and Architecture
Birth Place	Kiev
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Pisces
Born in	Kiev
Famous as	Painter
Died at Age	56

Kazimir Malevich

Russian

Feb 23, 1879

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