Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russian Казимир Северинович Малевич, scientific transliteration Kazimir Severinovič Malevič, Ukrainian Казимир Севринович Малевич). Transliteration Kazimir Severinovič Malevič, Ukrainian Казимир Северинович Малевич Kasymyr Severynovych Malevich, Polish Kazimierz Malewicz; * 11 February 1878 in Kiev; † 15 May 1935 in Leningrad) was a painter and main representative of the Russian avant-garde, pioneer of Constructivism and founder of Suprematism. Malevich was an art theorist whose pioneering work and writing had a profound influence on the development of non-objective or abstract art in the 20th century. He was influenced by Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism.