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Three-Color Suprematist Composition Ivan Kliun, 1917
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πŸŒ€ Dreams & Big Ideas

Three-Color Suprematist Composition

Ivan Kliun Β· 1917

Why it's great

An orange oval and a black rectangle float on a white ground as if in space. Ivan Kliun painted this in 1917 as a Russian experiment in pure shape and color.

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About the artist

Ivan Kliun

1873–1943 Β· born in Bolshiye Gorki Β· died in Moscow

Ivan Kliun was a Russian painter born in 1873 near Moscow. He was an early follower of Kazimir Malevich and a leader of the Suprematists, who painted with pure geometric shapes. He lived in Moscow and died there in 1943.

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