Painting of the Day #18Painting of the Day #18 SuprematistsSuprematists

War is great for art. The War is great for art. The schools of thought schools of thought produced by the produced by the massive scale of massive scale of death during WW1 death during WW1 combined with the combined with the artistic advances of artistic advances of Fauvism and Fauvism and Cubism created a Cubism created a hot bed of artistic hot bed of artistic thought. Between thought. Between 1910 and 1920 1910 and 1920 many small but many small but important art important art movements were movements were created. created. Suprematism, Suprematism, Cubism, German Cubism, German Expressionism, Expressionism, Futurism, The Blue Futurism, The Blue Rider Group, Neo-Rider Group, Neo-Plasticism (De Stijl), Plasticism (De Stijl), Dada, the Dada, the beginnings of beginnings of Surrealism...the Surrealism...the western hemisphere western hemisphere was a Modernist was a Modernist wonderland! wonderland! WHeeeeeee!WHeeeeeee!

Not an example of ‘good art’Not an example of ‘good art’

Suprematism Suprematism is Super.is Super. "To the Suprematist, the visual phenomena of the "To the Suprematist, the visual phenomena of the

objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; the significant thing is feeling, as such, quite apart from significant thing is feeling, as such, quite apart from the environment in which it is called forth." the environment in which it is called forth."

-Wassily Kandinsky-Wassily Kandinsky

'I felt only night within me and it was then that I 'I felt only night within me and it was then that I conceived the new art, which I called Suprematism'. conceived the new art, which I called Suprematism'.

-Kasmir Malevich-Kasmir Malevich

As far as form goes, As far as form goes, Black Square on Black Square on WhiteWhite is a complete reduction of the is a complete reduction of the geometric study that Cezanne geometric study that Cezanne popularized in the 1880’s. Finally! popularized in the 1880’s. Finally! We don’t have to deal with reduction We don’t have to deal with reduction of form anymore, you can’t simplify of form anymore, you can’t simplify more than this. more than this.

Suprematism focused on the internal Suprematism focused on the internal movements of the personality and the movements of the personality and the focused on compositional focused on compositional relationships that the practitioners felt relationships that the practitioners felt were accurate. The color usage was were accurate. The color usage was very loaded and can be interpreted in very loaded and can be interpreted in many ways...and no...this isn’t your many ways...and no...this isn’t your dad making out with a sea turtle. dad making out with a sea turtle.

Black Square and Red SquareBlack Square and Red Square Oil on Canvas 1915Oil on Canvas 1915

28x171/228x171/2MoMA, NYMoMA, NY

Malevich’s ProgressionsMalevich’s Progressions

Suprematist PaintingOil on canvas, 1915-1916Wilhelm Hacke Museum, Ludwigshafen

Suprematism: Self-Portrait in Two Dimensions Oil on Canvas, 1915Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Suprematism1916-1917Oil on canvas 311/2x311/2

More progress! More progress! Check out the dates Check out the dates

on all of these.on all of these.

White on White White on White 1918 1918

Suprematist PaintingSuprematist Painting Oil on Canvas 1917Oil on Canvas 1917

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.....Annnnnnd the rest!.....Annnnnnd the rest!

Malevich was the varsity team captain Malevich was the varsity team captain for the Suprematists. Here’s the rest! for the Suprematists. Here’s the rest!

Sometimes I just loooove Sometimes I just loooove collaborations!collaborations!

Aleksandr Bazhbeuk-Melikov, Natalia Goncharova, Lado Gudiashvili, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Igor' Terent'ev, Unknown Artist, Sigizmund Valishevskii, Il'ia Zdanevich and Kirill Zdanevich. Sofii Georgievne Mel'nikovoi. Fantasticheskii kabachek. 1919. 2 fold-out letterpress typographic designs (1 with collage) by I. Zdanevich, and 25 tipped in photomechanical reproductions of works in various mediums by various artists (6 by K. Zdanevich, 5 by Goncharova, 4 by Valishevskii, 3 by Gudiashvili, 3 by Terent'ev, 2 by Bazhbeuk-Melikov, 1 by Kalashnikov, 1 by unknown artist); letterpress text includes typographic designs by Kruchenykh, Terent'ev, and I. Zdanevich, page: 6 9/16 x 4 13/16" (16.6 x 12.2 cm). Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation

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