Founder of Suprematism and a pioneer of geometric abstraction; born in Kyiv and later taught at the Kyiv Art Institute (1928–30).
Art Movements
Suprematism
Radically non-objective geometric abstraction founded by Kazimir Malevich, prioritising pure form and colour over representation; centred on the Black Square (1915). Malevich later taught at the Kyiv Art Institute.
Explore movement →1908–1920sCubo-Futurism
A fusion of Cubist faceting with Futurist dynamism given a distinct Ukrainian inflection in Kyiv by Oleksandra Ekster and Oleksandr Bohomazov, whose 1914 treatise set out its theory.
Explore movement →Works by Kazymyr Malevych
Morning in the Village after Snowstorm
A Cubo-Futurist scene of peasants and houses after a snowstorm in cylindrical, metallic forms.
The Knife Grinder (Principle of Glittering)
A Cubo-Futurist painting of a knife grinder in fragmented, repeated geometric planes to convey motion.
An Englishman in Moscow
An alogist composition juxtaposing disconnected objects, marking Malevich's move toward the abstract.
Black Square
