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Portrait of M.V. Matyushin - Kazimir Malevich
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Description
A 1913 Cubo-Futurist portrait by Kazimir Malevich, depicting composer Mikhail Matyushin through a complex arrangement of geometric forms and fragmented planes.
Painted in 1913, this work depicts the composer and theorist Mikhail Matyushin. Malevich employs the visual language of Cubo-Futurism, a style that synthesises the fragmented planes of Cubism with the kinetic energy and dynamism associated with Futurism. The composition avoids traditional representation, opting instead for a structural arrangement of geometric forms that suggest the presence of the sitter through abstraction.
The canvas is organised into a series of interlocking rectangles, arcs, and sharp angles. A horizontal band of small, white squares cuts across the centre, acting as a rhythmic element that disrupts the verticality of the surrounding shapes. The palette consists of earthy ochres, deep reds, and blacks, punctuated by cooler tones of blue and white. These colours are applied in flat, opaque layers, emphasising the two-dimensional surface of the canvas.
Malevich was closely associated with Matyushin, particularly through their collaboration on the opera Victory over the Sun. This portrait reflects the intellectual climate of the Russian avant-garde during the early twentieth century, where artists sought to break away from academic traditions. By deconstructing the human figure into a series of non-representational signs, Malevich explores the relationship between form, colour, and space. The work does not aim to capture a physical likeness, but rather to convey the essence of the subject through a rigorous, analytical approach to painting. The resulting image is a complex arrangement of shapes that invites the viewer to engage with the mechanics of visual perception.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
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Portrait of M.V. Matyushin - Kazimir Malevich
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Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Kazimir Malevich
Malevich hung Black Square in the corner of the room where Russians traditionally hang religious icons. This was in 1915, at the Last Futurist Exhibition in Petrograd. A black square on a white ground, placed where the icon should be. He called it the zero of form.
He was born in 1879 near Kyiv, to parents of Polish origin, the eldest of fourteen children. Nine survived to adulthood. He moved through Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, and Cubism before arriving at Suprematism, a system of pure geometric abstraction that he invented in 1913. White on White (1918) pushed the principle to its logical end: a white square, barely visible, tilted on a white background.
In 1927, he took approximately seventy paintings to Berlin for an exhibition. Soviet authorities recalled him abruptly. He left the entire cache with a German architect named Hugo Haering and never saw them again. The works eventually ended up at MoMA in New York and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
In 1930, the secret police arrested him, accused him of Polish espionage, and threatened execution. He was imprisoned for two months. His teaching position was taken away. Artworks and manuscripts were confiscated. He was banned from making art and forced to return to figurative painting under Stalin.
He died of cancer in 1935, aged fifty-six. On his deathbed, Black Square was hung above him. His ashes were buried at Nemchinovka. He had requested a Suprematist sculptural form to mark his grave. Instead, it was marked with a white cube bearing a black square, which was destroyed during the war.
He was born in 1879 near Kyiv, to parents of Polish origin, the eldest of fourteen children. Nine survived to adulthood. He moved through Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, and Cubism before arriving at Suprematism, a system of pure geometric abstraction that he invented in 1913. White on White (1918) pushed the principle to its logical end: a white square, barely visible, tilted on a white background.
In 1927, he took approximately seventy paintings to Berlin for an exhibition. Soviet authorities recalled him abruptly. He left the entire cache with a German architect named Hugo Haering and never saw them again. The works eventually ended up at MoMA in New York and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
In 1930, the secret police arrested him, accused him of Polish espionage, and threatened execution. He was imprisoned for two months. His teaching position was taken away. Artworks and manuscripts were confiscated. He was banned from making art and forced to return to figurative painting under Stalin.
He died of cancer in 1935, aged fifty-six. On his deathbed, Black Square was hung above him. His ashes were buried at Nemchinovka. He had requested a Suprematist sculptural form to mark his grave. Instead, it was marked with a white cube bearing a black square, which was destroyed during the war.
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