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Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, ile on linen, 79.5 x 79.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Suprematism (Roushie: супремати́зм) is an airt muivement, focused on basic geometric forms, such as circles, squerrs, lines, an rectangles, pentit in a leemitit range o colours. It wis foondit bi Kazimir Malevich in Roushie, aroond 1913, an annoonced in Malevich's 1915 exhibeetion, The Last Futurist Exhibeetion o Pentins 0.10, in St. Petersburg, whaur he, alangside 13 ither airtists, exheebitit 36 wirks in a seemilar style.[1] The term suprematism refers tae an abstract airt based upon "the supremacy o pure airteestic feelin" rather nor on veesual depiction o objects.[2]

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  1. Honour, H. and Fleming, J. (2009) A World History of Art. 7th edn. London: Laurence King Publishing, pp. 793–795. ISBN 9781856695848
  2. Malevich, Kazimir (1927). The Non-Objective World. Munich.