Kazimir Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player

1915

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Malevich-Painterly-Realism-of-a-football-player

Overview

Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Size: 70.2 x 44.1 cm
Artistic movement: Suprematism

Art Institute of Chicago
Object number: 2011.1

‘Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player’ is a bold and dynamic composition which is one of the first and most important abstract paintings.

The pigments are chosen according to the light spectrum and the pigment analysis reveals a palette limited to bright pure basic colors plus black and white.

Pigments

Pigment Analysis

This pigment analysis is based on the reference (1).

 

Malevich-Painterly-Realism-of-a-football-player

 

The following pigments were employed in this painting:

Redvermilion
Yellowchrome yellow
Greenemerald green
Blueartificial ultramarine
Violetcobalt violetcobalt blue, and ultramarine
Blackivory black
Whitelead white (ground), zinc white (paint layers

 

References

(1) Maria Kokkori, Stephanie D’Alessandro, Kristin Lister, and Francesca Casadio, Materials and Meanings: Analyzing Kazimir Malevich’s Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension, in Austin Nevin and Tiarna Doherty, Ed., The Noninvasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces, Scientific Impact and Conservation Practice, Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation No 5. Available as pdf.

Resources

Videos

Video: 'Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde' by ArtTube

Video: 'Malevich at Tate Modern' by ArtFundUK

Video: 'SUPREMATISM Explained' by Jackson Kliewer

Publications and Websites

Publications

(1) Maria Kokkori, Stephanie D’Alessandro, Kristin Lister, and Francesca Casadio, Materials and Meanings: Analyzing Kazimir Malevich’s Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension, in Austin Nevin and Tiarna Doherty, Ed., The Noninvasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces, Scientific Impact and Conservation Practice, Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation No 5. Available as pdf.