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• suprematism
  suprematism

  noun

  a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
• Suprematism
  Suprematism

  noun

  a form of pure cubist art, launched in Russia in 1913, and based on the principle that paintings should be composed only of rectangles, circles, triangles, or crosses

suprematism

American  

[suh-prem-uh-tiz-uhm, soo-] / səˈprɛm əˌtɪz əm, sʊ- /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.

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Suprematism British  

/ sʊˈprɛməˌtɪzəm, sjʊ- /

noun

1. a form of pure cubist art, launched in Russia in 1913, and based on the principle that paintings should be composed only of rectangles, circles, triangles, or crosses

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Derived Forms

• Suprematist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of suprematism

< Russian suprematízm (1913) < French suprémat ( ie ) supremacy + Russian -izm -ism

Example Sentences

The Ukrainian avant-garde’s radical reimagining of folk and Byzantine art, Cubism, Futurism, Suprematism and Constructivism by artists including Davyd Burliuk, Mykhailo Boichuk, Viktor Palmov and Vasyl Yermilov will all be represented in Madrid.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Cubism was “a race to flatness”; Suprematism was “the zero point of painting”; Rodchenko said he made “the last painting”; Ad Reinhardt one-upped him saying he was “making the last painting which anyone can make.”

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2016

Frere-Jones wrote fiction in high school and also dabbled in Russian Suprematism, a form of abstract painting where squares figure prominently.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2014

Here, where Suprematism meets capitalism, Malevich looks more versatile than ever.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2011

In time Malevich and his followers seized the place in the name of Suprematism and its militant modernism.

From Time Magazine Archive