1915–1930s · Russia
Suprematism
Feeling, without objects

Suprematism is an art movement focused on basic geometric forms, such as circles, squares, lines, and rectangles, painted in a limited range of colors. The term suprematism refers to an abstract art based upon "the supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than on visual depiction of objects.
It was the first art movement that created total geometric abstraction: paintings that didn't rely on realistic images (for example, a landscape or portrait) or narrative and where the picture told a story. You sometimes also see this type of art called non-objective.
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Artworks Collection and Bio
Nikolai Suetin · collection

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge
El Lissitzky

Black Square
Kazimir Malevich

Black Square and Red Square
Kazimir Malevich

Preliminary Sketch for a Poster
El Lissitzky

Proun 99
El Lissitzky

Suprematism
Nikolai Suetin

Suprematist Composition
Kazimir Malevich

Suprematist Surface Forms
Nikolai Suetin

White on White
Kazimir Malevich



