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Apple Tree in Blossom. Circa 1930
Malevich Kazimir,
Oil on canvas
57,5 х 49
State Russian Museum
Пост. в 1936 от наследников, Ленинград. Передана в 1977 МК СССР
Annotation
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Malevich intensively worked on his theory of Impressionism. His landscapes ("Apple Tree in Blossom" among them) are characterised by a particular perception of space and brash and whimsical thick brushstrokes.
Author's Biography
Malevich Kazimir
Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich (1878, Kiev - 1935, Leningrad)
Painter, graphic artist, writer on art, portraitist, landscapist, abstractionist. Studied at the Kiev School of Art (1895-1896) and Fyodor Roehrberg's studio in Moscow (1906-1910). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1905). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Moscow Fellowship of Artists (from 1907), Donkey's Tail (1912), Target (1913), Der Blaue Reiter (1912), Salon des Independants (1914), Tramcar V. First Futurist Exhibition (1915) and 0,10. Last Futurist Exhibition (1915-1916). Designed the sets and costumes for the Futurist opera "Victory Over the Sun" (1913). Member of the Union of Youth (1910) and Jack of Diamonds (1910, 1916). Founded the AFFIRMES OF THE NEW ARTgroup (1920). Worked for Department of An People's Commissariat of Education (1918-1919). Director of the Museum/Institute of Artistic Culture in Petrograd/Leningrad (1923-1926).