Malevich

[ muh-ley-vich; Russian muh-lye-vyich ]

noun

1. Kasimir [kaz, -, uh, mir], 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.

Malevich

/ ˈmalɪvitʃ /

noun

1. MalevichKasimir18781935MRussianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Kasimir (kəziˈmir). 1878–1935, Russian painter. He founded the abstract art movement known as Suprematism

Example Sentences

Creating a language that might be universal was a utopian social ambition embedded in the work of their abstract contemporaries, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich.

From Washington Post

His elemental patterns can be found across cultures — in ancient temples or the early 20th century paintings of Russian suprematist Kazimir Malevich.

From Los Angeles Times

The battlefield is a pair of big overlapping crosses, black and red, amped-up versions of those of the Russian Constructivist Kazimir Malevich.

From New York Times

Especially important is her virtual banishment of white — which is so closely tied to geometric abstraction’s supposed purity, from Malevich and Mondrian forward.

From New York Times

With the Malevich piece, it’s not even 100 percent clear what is at hand.

From New York Times