Suprematism
Pure geometric painting
Suprematism is an abstract art movement founded by Kazimir Malevich around 1915, emphasizing pure geometric forms—squares, circles, rectangles—in limited colors against white backgrounds.
The movement sought to free art from representational imagery, pursuing what Malevich called "the supremacy of pure artistic feeling." His *Black Square* became its iconic work.
The influence of Suprematism extended into architecture and graphic design.
Geometric Soviet art movement
- BauhausInfluential modernist design school
- abstract artVisual work avoiding depiction
- modern designCurrent aesthetic approach
- architectureBuilding design discipline
typography · textile design · porcelain · graphic design · hard-edge painting
One favoring bare essentials
- reductionMaking something smaller
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- blackDarkest possible hue
red · sparse · elemental · stark · unadorned · simplicity · economy · restraint
Published statement of principles
- art theoryStudy of artistic principles
- PetrogradRussian city name, 1914-24
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
Lacking depicted subject matter
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
fourth dimension · absolute · essence · purity · utopian · sensation · non-representational · metaphysical
Constructivism
Geometric Soviet art movement
- BauhausInfluential modernist design school
- abstract artVisual work avoiding depiction
- modern designCurrent aesthetic approach
architecture · typography · textile design · porcelain · graphic design · hard-edge painting
minimalist
One favoring bare essentials
- reductionMaking something smaller
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- whiteAbsence of pigment
black · red · sparse · elemental · stark · unadorned · simplicity · economy · restraint · clean
manifesto
Published statement of principles
- art theoryStudy of artistic principles
- PetrogradRussian city name, 1914-24
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
cubism · revolutionary art · Soviet art · formalism · modernism
nonobjective
Lacking depicted subject matter
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
infinity · fourth dimension · absolute · essence · purity · utopian · sensation · non-representational · metaphysical · nonrepresentational
square
Rhombus with right angles
triangle · plane · floating · diagonal · overlapping · asymmetry · flatness · composition · spatial · dynamic
Red Square
Moscow's central plaza
- paintingoil painting, watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, oil paints
- art historyart history, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, modern art
- Modern Artcubism, Cubism, Fauvism, dadaism, Dadaism
- abstract artabstract art, abstract expressionism, abstraction, expressionism, abstract composition
- art movementsPop Art, pop art, Impressionism, impressionism, Surrealism
- Avant-Garde ArtDada, Dadaism, Surrealism, Cubism, Futurism
SuprematismRealism
Movement depicting ordinary life
figurative art · trompe-l'oeil · Hyperrealism · illusionism · mimesis
SuprematismRococo
Lavishly ornamented decorative style
Baroque · Art Nouveau · Mannerism · decorative art · chiaroscuro
Suprematismpropaganda art
Images promoting ideology
Ashcan School · narrative art · kitsch · illustration · commercial art