Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935), born in Kiev, was a: painter, graphic artist, designer, creator and founder of Suprematism, teacher, philosopher. He studied at the Kiev Drawing School, in the studio of F. Rerberg in Moscow, was a volunteer at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

In his development, he went from realism to becoming one of the leaders of the avant-garde movement. The date of creation of Suprematism is considered to be 1915, when at the « Last Futuristic Exhibition of Paintings 0.10″ » Malevich exhibited 39 paintings. This included « The Black Square » (1915), which became an « icon » of Suprematism, the most famous work of Malevich.