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Kazimir Severinovich MALEVICH
Born 1878,  Kiev - died 1935 in Leningrad.

Painter, graphic artist and designer for theatre, architecture and various industrial disciplines.

 Paintings:

 
 Flower-Girl. 1903.
 Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Boulevard. 1903.
 Oil on canvas, 56x66 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Unemployed Girl. 1904.
 Oil on canvas, 80x66 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Spring. A Garden in Bloom. 1904.
 Oil on canvas, 44x65 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Portrait of a Member of the Artist's Family. 1906.
 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 68x99 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

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 Self-Portrait. Study for a Fresco Painting. 1907.
 Tempera on cardboard, 69.3x71.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Triumph of the Heavens. 1907. Study for a Fresco Painting.
 Tempera on cardboard, 69.3x70 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Prayer. Study for a Fresco Painting. 1908.
 Tempera on cardboard, 70x74.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 High Society in Top Hats, Relaxing. 1908.
 Watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 23.8x30.2 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 The Shroud of Christ. 1908.
 Gouache on paper, 23.4x34.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Bathing Women. 1908.
 Oil on canvas, 59x48 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A River in the Forest. 1908.
 Oil on canvas, 53x42 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Self-Portrait. 1908 or 1910-1911(?)
 Watercolor, gouache, Indian ink, varnish on paper, 46.2x41.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Still Life. 1908 or 1910-1911(?)
 Watercolor, gouache on paper, 52.5x51.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Samovar. 1910.
 Oil on canvas, 89x61 cm. Rostov Art Museum.

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 The Carpenter. 1908-1910 (or after 1927?).
 Oil on plywood, 72x54 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 The Reapers. 1909-1910 (or after 1927?)
 Oil on wood, 71x103.2 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Sisters. 1910.
 Oil on canvas, 76x101 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 At the Dacha. 1910-1912 (or after 1927?)
 Oil on wood, 108x72 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 The Gardener. 1911.
 Gouache on paper, 91x70 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

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 A Bather. 1911.
 Gouache on paper, 105x69 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 On the Boulevard. 1911.
 Gouache on paper, 72x71 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Peasant Women in Church. 1911. (Reverse of "The Woodcutter")
 Oil on canvas, 94x71.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Chiropodist in the Bath-house. 1911-1912.
 Gouache on paper, 77.7x103. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Province. 1911-1912.
 Gouache on paper, 70.5x70.5 cm.  Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

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 The Floor Polishers. 1911-1912.
 Gouache on paper, 77.7x71. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 A Peasant Woman with Buckets and a Child. 1912.
 Oil on canvas, 73x73 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Rye Harvest. 1912.
 Oil on canvas, 72x74.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 The Knife-Sharpener. 1912.
 Oil on canvas, 79.5x79.5 cm. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA.

 
 The Woodcutter. 1912-1913.
 Oil on canvas, 94x71.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

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 Head of a Peasant Girl. 1912-1913.
 Oil on canvas, 72x74.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 The Non-Stop Station Kuntzevo. 1913.
 Oil on canvas, 49x25.5 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Lady in Tram (Lady at the Tram Stop). 1913
 Oil on canvas, 88x88 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Vanity Case. 1913.
 Oil on wood, 49x25.5 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Lady at Piano. 1913.
 Oil on canvas,66.8x44 cm. The Krasnoyarsk District Art Museum. 

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 Cow and Violin. 1913.
 Oil on wood, 48.8x25.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Desk and Room. 1913.
 Oil on canvas, 79.5x79.5. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Portrait of the Artist Ivan Kliun. 1913.
 Oil on canvas,112x70 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Portrait of M.V.Matiushin. 1913.
 Oil on canvas, 106.5x106.7 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Life in the Grand Hotel. 1913-1914.
 Oil on canvas, 108x71 cm. The Saratov Art Museum.

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 A Soldier of the Guards. 1913-1914.
 Oil on canvas, 57x66.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Aviator. 1914.
 Oil on canvas, 125x65 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 An Englishman in Moscow. 1914.
 Oil on canvas, 88x57 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 A Lady at the Poster Column. 1914.
 Oil and collage on canvas, 71x64 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Black Square. 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 80x80 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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 Suprematism. Painter-like Realism of a Football-Player, Color Masses of the Fourth Dimension. 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 70x54 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism (with Blue Triangle and Black Rectangle). 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 66.5x57 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism. 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 101.5x62 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism with Eight Red Rectangles). 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 57.5x48.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism. 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 44.5x35.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

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 Suprematism (Supremus N50). 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 97x66 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Red Square. 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 53x53 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Suprematism. Self-Portrait in Two Dimensions. 1915.
 Oil on canvas, 80x62 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism (Supremus N58 with Yellow and Black). 1916.
 Oil on canvas, 97x66 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

  
 Suprematism (Supremus N56). 1916.
 Oil on canvas, 80.5x71 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Suprematism. 1917-1918.
 Oil on canvas, 106x70.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism. 1918.
 Oil on canvas, 106x70.5 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism. 1918.
 Oil on canvas, 97x70 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Black Cross. Late 1920s.
 Oil on canvas, 106x106 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Black Circle. Late 1920s.
 Oil on canvas, 105x105 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Suprematism. 1921-1927.
 Oil on canvas, 72.5x51 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism. 1921-1927.
 Oil on canvas, 100.5x60 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Suprematism. 1921-1927.
 Oil on canvas, 72.5x51 cm. Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Holland.

 
 Bathers. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 98.5x79 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Landscape with Five Houses. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas,83x62 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 At the Harvest (Marpha and Vanka). 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 82x61 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A Woman with a Rake. 1928-1932.
 Oil on wood, 100x75 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Harvest. Study for the painting. 1928-1932.
 Oil on plywood, 72.8x52.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Complicated Premonition (Torso in a Yellow Shirt). 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 99x79 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Haymaking. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 85.8x65.6 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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 Head of a Peasant. 1928-1932.
 Oil on plywood, 71.7x53.8 cm.  The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Portrait of a Female. 1928-1932.
 Oil on plywood, 58x49 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Torso with a Pink Face. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 72x65 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Peasant. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 129x98.6 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A Peasant in the Field. 1928-1932.
 Oil on plywood, 71.3x44.2 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Peasants. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 77.5x88 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A Peasant Woman. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 98.5x80 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 The Red Cavalry Riding. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 90x140 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Torso (Prototype of a New Image). 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 46x37 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Suprematism. Contour of Sportsmen. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 142x164 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Suprematism. Female Figure. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 126x106 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Three Female Figures. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 47x63.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Two Male Figures. 1928-1932.
 Oil on canvas, 99x74 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Black Square. 1929.
 Oil on canvas, 106x106 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Landscape near Kiev. 1930.
 Oil on relined canvas, 48.3x63.5 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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 Portrait of a Man. 1932.
 Oil on canvas, 65x55 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A Red House. 1932.
 Oil on canvas, 63x55 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A Girl with a Red Pole. 1932-1933.
 Oil on canvas, 71x61 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 A Girl with a Comb in her Hair. 1932-1933.
 Oil on canvas, 35.3x31 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Portrait of a Woman. 1933.
 Oil on canvas, 47x41.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Portrait of the Artist's Wife. 1933. (Natalia Andreyevna Malevich, nee Manchenko, born 1902).
 Oil on canvas, 67.5x56 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Portrait of a Man (N.N.Punin?). 1933.
 Oil on canvas, 70x57 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Portrait of V.A.Pavlov (1899-1967). 1933.
 Oil on canvas, 46.5x36.5 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 
 Self-Portrait. 1933.
 Oil on canvas, 73x66 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Portrait of the Artist's Daughter, Una Kazimirovna Uriman (born 1920). 1933.
 Oil on canvas, 85x61.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Portrait of the Artist's Mother. 1933.
 Oil on plywood, 42x37 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Female Worker. 1933.
 Oil on canvas, 71.2x59.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Theatre:

 
 Decor sketches  for the opera "Victory over the Sun". 1913. Scenery by Alexei Kruchenykh, music by Mikhail Matiushin.
 Italic pencil on paper. The Theatre Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Decor sketches  for the opera "Victory over the Sun". 1913. Scenery by Alexei Kruchenykh, music by Mikhail Matiushin.
 Italic pencil on paper. The Theatre Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Decor sketches  for opera "Victory on Sun". 1913. Scenery by Alexei Kruchenykh, music by Mikhail Matiushin.
 Italic pencil on paper. The Theatre Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Costumes design (Old Times. Sportsman. Attentive Worker. Fat Man). 1913. For the opera "Victory on Sun", scenery by Alexei Kruchenykh, music by Mikhail Matiushin.
 Italic pencil, watercolor, Indian ink on paper. The Theatre Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Costume designs (Mugger. Nero. Reciter. A Certain Guy with Bad Intentions). 1913. For the opera "Victory over the Sun", scenery by Alexei Kruchenykh, music by Mikhail Matiushin.
 Italic pencil, watercolor, Indian ink on paper. The Theatre Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Suprematism. Study for a Curtain. 1919.
 Gouache, watercolor, lead pencil on paper, 46x62.5 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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 Design:

 
 Principles of a Mural Painting. 1919.
 Watercolor, gouache and Indian Ink on paper. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 The First Textile Design with Suprematist Ornament. 1919.

 
 Textile Patterns. 1919.
 Watercolor on paper. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 A Movie Poster for "Doctor Mabuzo". 1922-1927.
 Oil on canvas, 106x70.6 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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 A Teapot. 1923.
 Porcelain, 18.2x22.3x8.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Cups. 1923. 
 Porcelain. 7x8.7x8.5 cm, 7.8x11.7x7 cm. The Museum of Lomonossov Porcelain Factory, St.Petersburg.

 
 Cup and Saucer "Suprematism", decorated by K.Malevich. 1923. 
 Porcelain. 6.2x6.5x6.8 cm / diameter 14.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Cups "Suprematism", decorated by Ilya Chashnik and by Nikolai Suyetin. 1923. 
 Porcelain. 7x12.5x5.9 cm / 6x10.7x5.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Architecton "Beta". Before May 1926.
 Plaster, 27x59.5x99.3 cm.

 
 Architecton "Gota". Before April 1927.
 Plaster, 57x26x36 cm. Museum of the Pompidou Centre, Paris.

 
 Two Architectons. 1923-1927.
 Plaster. 

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 Illustrations:

 
 Cover for "The Three" by V.Khlebnikov, A.Kruchenykh and E.Guro. 1913. Publishing House "Zhuravl", St.Petersburg.
 Lithography, 18.6x17.8 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Cover for "A Game in Hell" by A.Kruchenykh and V.Khlebnikov. 1914. Publishing house "Svet", St.Petersburg. 
 Lithography, 11.8x11.6 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Illustrations for "A Game in Hell" by A.Kruchenykh and V.Khlebnikov. 1914. Publishing house "Svet", St.Petersburg. 
 Lithography, 11.7x11.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Portfolio Cover for the Congress of the Committees on Rural Poverty. 1918 (November 1918, Winter Palace, Petrograd).
 Color lithography, 28.9x29 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

 
 Cover for "First Cycle of Lectures" by N.N.Punin. 1920.
 Color lithography, 21.4x14 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

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 Biography:

Kazimir Malevich has studied at the Drawing School, Kiev (1895-1896), MUZhVZ [Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture] (1904-1905), and the studio of Rerberg, Moscow (1905-1910).

From 1910 the artist has participated in exhibitions including Jack of Diamonds, Target, Donkey’s Tail, Union of Youth, The Salon of Independents, Der Blaue Reiter, Tramway B,  "O.1O". 

He has designed the opera Victory over the Sun (libretto by Kruchionykh, music by Matiushin) and produced the first Suprematist sketches for the costumes and scenery (1913).

Malevich has created the first Suprematist paintings (1915), published in the manifesto From Cubism to Suprematism (1915) and theoretical works on contemporary art.

He has served as the head teacher at SVOMAS (1918), taught at the Art School in Vitebsk (1919-1920), and founded the UNOVIS group (Affirmers of New Art) in 1920.

Ha has taught at VKhUTEMAS (High State Artistic and Technical Workshops) from 1922. Served as director of GINKhUK (State Institute for Artistic Culture) in 1923-1927, and professor at the Academy of Arts from 1922.

Malevich has designed Mayakovsky’s play Mistery Buff, directed by Meyerhold (1918).

He worked on designs for ceramics and architectural models (from 1923).

The artist has held the first one-man show in Moscow in 1919.

He has lived in Leningrad.

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