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    • Black Square (Russian Чёрный квадрат) is a 1915 oil on linen canvas painting by the artist Kazimir Malevich. The first of four painted versions, the original was completed in 1915 and described by the artist as his breakthrough work and the inception for the launch of his Suprematist art movement (1915–1919). A leading member of the Russian avant-garde, Mal… See more

    Conception

    A self-taught artist, Kazimir Malevich's early works, created while still a teenager, incorporate the style and motifs of
    He … See more

    Composition

    Malevich created the first version in 1915 using broad strokes of thick black oil paint onto a 79.5cm x 79.5cm linen canvas. The border and edges were applied with various shades of white and grey paint.
    Malevich w… See more

    Year1915
    Dimensions79.5 cm × 79.5 cm (31.3 in × 31.3 in)
    Interpretation

    Black Square is widely regarded by art historians as foundational in the development of both modern and abstract art. Malevich said the paintings began the Suprematism movement, which emphasised colour and … See more

    Influence

    Avant-garde art fell from favour after Joseph Stalin took absolute control of the USSR in the late 1920s. Stalin was notoriously suspicious of people who traveled outside the Soviet Union, and Malevich came to the attention o… See more

    Condition

    The painting has degraded considerably since its creation. According to the American art critic Peter Schjeldahl, "the painting looks terrible: crackled, scuffed, and discolored, as if it had spent the past eighty-eigh… See more

    Sources

    • Blanshard, Frances Bradshaw. "Retreat from Likeness in the Theory of Painting". New York: Columbia University Press, 1949
    Drutt, Matthew. Malevich, Black Square, 1915. New York: Guggenheim, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8920… See more

     
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