Red Circle on a Black Surface
Ilya Chashnik · 1925
Why it's great
A bright red circle floats on a black ground with a tiny white bar underneath like a spaceship. Ilya Chashnik, a student of Malevich, made this around 1925.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Ilya Chashnik was a Russian artist born in Ludza, now in Latvia, in 1902. He was a student of Kazimir Malevich and worked in the Suprematist group in Vitebsk and Petrograd, painting geometric shapes and designing porcelain. He died in 1929 at the age of 26.
