Russian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement (1879–1935). Kazimir Malevich was born on 23 February 1879 in what is now Ukraine. Kazimir Malevich is remembered as a painter, sculptor and printmaker, a citizen of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Notable works include “Black Square (1915)”, “Suprematist Composition” and “Suprematist Composition: White on White”. Positions held included museum director.
Before and after
- 1879Construction of Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- 1879Altamira cave paintings are discovered
- from 11 January 1879 to 4 July 1879Anglo-Zulu War
- from 22 January 1879 to 23 January 1879Battle of Rorke's Drift
- 23 February 1879Birth of Kazimir Malevich
- 14 March 1879Birth of Albert Einstein
- from 5 April 1879 to 4 April 1884War of the Pacific
- 26 April 1879Birth of Owen Willans Richardson
- from August 1879 to October 1880Victorio's War
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1830Publication of Book of Mormon
- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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