Malevich

American  

[muh-ley-vich, muh-lye-vyich] / məˈleɪ vɪtʃ, məˈlyɛ vyɪtʃ /

noun

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

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Malevich British  

/ ˈmalɪvitʃ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

"There is no evidence of Malevich's works circulating in the Russian or Ukrainian art markets of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Malevich's own records mention no private sales after 1917," said Konstantin Akinsha.

From BBC

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

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

The battlefield is a pair of big overlapping crosses, black and red, amped-up versions of those of the Russian Constructivist Kazimir Malevich.

From New York Times

Especially important is her virtual banishment of white — which is so closely tied to geometric abstraction’s supposed purity, from Malevich and Mondrian forward.

From New York Times