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Malevich

American  
[muh-ley-vich, muh-lye-vyich] / məˈleɪ vɪtʃ, məˈljɛ vjɪtʃ /

noun

  1. Kasimir 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.


Malevich British  
/ ˈmalɪvitʃ /

noun

  1. Kasimir (kəziˈmir). 1878–1935, Russian painter. He founded the abstract art movement known as Suprematism

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Paintings by Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Kazimir Malevich, Egon Schiele and others provide a look at different, usually more radical, deviations into modernism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Konstantin Akinsha said publicly known cases of disputed works by Malevich and other artists of the period were only "the tip of the iceberg," adding that "thousands of questionable works continue to circulate today".

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Creating a language that might be universal was a utopian social ambition embedded in the work of their abstract contemporaries, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

His elemental patterns can be found across cultures — in ancient temples or the early 20th century paintings of Russian suprematist Kazimir Malevich.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

“White on White” is a painting by the avant-garde Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, who died in 1935, and it is un-Googleable.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

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