Suprematist art appears simple and non-controversial at first glance, but these geometric paintings by Kazimir Malevich, Olga Rozanova, and El Lissitzky were revolutionary. Listen as Klaire Lockheart examines Russian avant-garde artwork and art forgeries.
Artists and Artwork: Mary Cassatt, Kazimir Malevich (The Black Square, Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension, Suprematist Composition), Olga Rozanova (Airplanes over the City, Non-Objective Composition. Color Painting,) and El Lissitzky (Prounenraum, Proun 12E)
Additional Topics: Impressionism, Abstract Art, Art Education, 0, 10: The Last Futurist Exhibition, Theosophy, Alphonse Allais, Alexei Kruchenykh, Faktura, and Forged Art