Who painted “The Knife Grinder”?

“The Knife Grinder” was painted by Kazimir Malevich in 1912. Where to see it: Yale University Art Gallery.

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Kazimir Malevich: pure geometric forms floating on white — black squares, coloured rectangles and crosses; later, faceless peasants.

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (23 February 1879 – 15 May 1935) was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose work and writings pioneered the development of abstract painting in the 20th century. Wikipedia

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“Black Square (1915)”, 1915
“Suprematist Composition: White on White”, 1918
“Suprematist Composition”, 1916
“Red Square”, 1915
“Black Circle”, 1924
“Black Cross”, 1915
“Red Cavalry Riding”, 1932
“Partial Eclipse”, 1914