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“When, in 1913, in a desperate attempt to rid art of the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the form of the square... the critics... sighed, "All that we loved has been lost. We are in a desert"... But the desert is filled with the spirit of non-objective feeling.”

Quote by Kazimir Malevich

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Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich, born on February 23, 1879 and died on May 15, 1935, was a Russian painter and the founder of Suprematism, an influential movement in 20th-century art. His career spanned various stages, including Symbolism, Cubism, and Suprematism, and he had a profound impact on the development of modern art. more

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