This artist began his career painting unexceptional Postimpressionist works, but by 1912 was painting in a massive "tubular" style similar to that of Leger, producing works like The Knife Grinder.
This artist began his career painting unexceptional Postimpressionist works, but by 1912 was painting in a massive "tubular" style similar to that of Leger, producing works like The Knife Grinder. However, he was soon obsessed with the desire to free art from the burden of the object, producing paintings with limited colors and only a few types of geometric shapes, beginning with Black Square on White and culminating in the series White on White. FTP, who was this Russian painter, the founder of Suprematism?
This artist began his career painting unexceptional Postimpressionist works, but by 1912 was painting in a massive "tubular" style similar to that of Leger, producing works like The Knife Grinder.
Kasimir Malevich