Suprematism
A
movement founded by the Russian painter Malevich in
1915. An entirely abstract art, it insisted on the
supremacy of geometric forms. The representation of
either objects or ideas was completely ruled out.
Malevich's ideas were summed up in his famous
painting, ‘White Square’ a white
square on a white background - which was to become
the emblem of the movement. Although the movement had
a limited following and Impact in Russia, it had a
significant influence on Kandinsky and artists of the
De Stijl group, while the paring down of art to
its essentials anticipates Minimalism.
Representative
painters:
Kandinsky, Lissitzky, Malevich