Malevitj Suprema painting 1916, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)

Description of the painting "Suprematist Composition" by Kazimir Malevich

This painting is a rectangle of blue on top of a red colored beam. The composition was painted by Malevich in 1916. It is one of the rarest and most expensive works in Russian art history.

Through his paintings, Malevich had a powerful influence on the ideology of art around the world. The rectangles in the picture are dynamic and bright, and in the middle of the composition is a small blue square. This picture is painted in between the Black Square and White Suprematism.

Suprematism was founded by Malevich himself, this artist defined abstract compositions. The word Suprematism means a kind of superiority and domination.

Suprematism is about ignoring the reality of the image. It is a protest against all naturalism in painting and art. That is, the composition is reduced to a few simple figures, which have their own symbolic meaning. Geometric images as if immersed in the space of a white abyss, and dominate the laws of statics and dynamics.

Suprematism emphasizes the role of geometric shapes themselves, putting their colors in the background. Later, Malevich’s Suprematism began to manifest itself in architectural art. So, geometric images of deep content began to appear not only on canvases, but also on dishes, the walls of various buildings.

As we can see, Suprematist composition is not as simple as it seems at first glance. The master laid his own concept and meaning in the creation of this picture. And, looking at it, everyone can see in a peculiar way the nature of the great artist. Some will see his inner essence, the depth of his rich world of imagination. Others, perhaps, will notice that the simplest things in our lives can take on greater significance. It all depends on how we look at things.