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Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich

Russian, born Ukraine. 1878–1935

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Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing influenced the development of abstract art in the 20th century. His concept of Suprematism sought to develop a form of expression that moved as far as possible from the world of natural forms (objectivity) and subject matter in order to access "the supremacy of pure feeling" and spirituality. Born in Kiev, modern-day Ukraine, to an ethnic Polish family, Malevich was active primarily in Russia and became a leading artist of the Russian avant-garde. His work has been also associated with the Ukrainian avant-garde, and he is a central figure in the history of modern art in Central and Eastern Europe more broadly.

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Works in Collection

64 works
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Kazimir Malevich

1924–27

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Kazimir Malevich

1924–27

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Kazimir Malevich

1924–27

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Kazimir Malevich

1924–27

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Kazimir Malevich

1924–27

Back cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Back cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1913–14, published 1914

Back cover from Vzorval' (Explodity)

Back cover from Vzorval' (Explodity)

Natalia Goncharova

1913

Cow and Violin from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh Visk Usstve)

Cow and Violin from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Siste...

Kazimir Malevich

1911–19

Dynamic Figure from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve)

Dynamic Figure from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Siste...

Kazimir Malevich

1911

Folio 19 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Folio 19 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1913–14, published 1914

Folio 20 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Folio 20 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1913–14, published 1914

Front cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Front cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1913–14, published 1914

Houses of the Future Leningrad: Pilot's House

Houses of the Future Leningrad: Pilot's House

Kazimir Malevich

1924

Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1913–14, published 1914

Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1914

Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich

1914

Manifesto handbill for the 0.10 exhibition

Manifesto handbill for the 0.10 exhibition

Kazimir Malevich

1915

O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve (On New Systems in Art)

O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve (On New Systems in Art)

Kazimir Malevich

1919. (Prints executed 1910-1919).

O novykh systemakh v iskusstve. Statika i skorost' ( On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed )

O novykh systemakh v iskusstve. Statika i skorost' ( On N...

El Lissitzky

1919

Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi realizm (From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: New Painterly Realism)

Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi ...

Kazimir Malevich

1916

Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension

Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses...

Kazimir Malevich

1915

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Maya...

Kazimir Malevich

1914

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Maya...

Kazimir Malevich

1914

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Maya...

Kazimir Malevich

1914

Exhibitions

34 exhibitions

Mar 02, 1936 – Apr 19, 1936

Cubism and Abstract Art

113 artists · 1 curator

Dec 07, 1936 – Jan 17, 1937

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

179 artists · 1 curator

Oct 23, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

80 artists

May 06, 1941 – Jun 30, 1941

Understanding Modern Art

9 artists

Mar 25, 1942 – May 03, 1942

New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art

29 artists

Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

174 artists

Feb 19, 1946 – May 05, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting

67 artists

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

112 artists · 1 curator

Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947

Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

83 artists

Oct 05, 1949 – Dec 04, 1949

Modern Art in Your Life

164 artists · 1 curator

Jul 11, 1950 – Sep 05, 1950

Three Modern Styles

94 artists

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Oct 11, 1960 – Jan 02, 1961

100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

74 artists · 1 curator

Dec 21, 1960 – Feb 05, 1961

Recent Acquisitions

222 artists · 3 curators

Oct 04, 1961 – Nov 12, 1961

The Art of Assemblage

144 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

May 23, 1970 – Aug 31, 1970

Preliminary Drawings

27 artists · 1 curator

Jul 28, 1971 – Nov 01, 1971

Ways of Looking

132 artists · 1 curator

Jun 27, 1972 – Oct 10, 1972

European Drawings from the Collection

24 artists · 1 curator

Feb 09, 1976 – May 09, 1976

Cubism and Its Affinities

45 artists · 1 curator

Aug 05, 1977 – Oct 31, 1977

The Graphic Revolution: 1915–1935

31 artists · 1 curator

Oct 12, 1978 – Jan 02, 1979

Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde, 1912–1930

29 artists · 1 curator

Nov 14, 1979 – Jan 22, 1980

Art of the Twenties

167 artists · 1 curator

Oct 25, 1980 – Jan 27, 1981

Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

26 artists · 1 curator

Oct 15, 1981 – Jan 03, 1982

Prints: Acquisitions 1977–1981

74 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1982 – Mar 16, 1982

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

59 artists · 1 curator

Oct 26, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

81 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

99 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

61 artists · 2 curators

Oct 02, 1985 – Jan 07, 1986

Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

107 artists · 2 curators

Jun 23, 1988 – Aug 30, 1988

Deconstructivist Architecture

12 artists · 3 curators

Nov 03, 1988 – Feb 28, 1989

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

42 artists · 2 curators

Nov 17, 1988 – Mar 26, 1989

Abstractions

77 artists · 1 curator

Aug 18, 1989 – Nov 07, 1989

The Cubist Imprint

30 artists · 1 curator