malevich haymaking c1927-9 Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)

Description of Kazimir Malevich’s painting "On the Hayfield" (Kosar)

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich painted the painting "On the Hayfield" in 1929. It is now in the State Tretyakov Gallery. And it was created in the genre of Suprematism.

In his paintings one can trace such currents as cubism and futurism, as well as abstract art.

The essence of this painting is peace, which is based on geometric forms.

Despite the fact that K. Malevich was very famous, he is still one of the most mysterious artists. And this is because of the work he created, the art. He said that the essence has nothing to do with the objective world - it is faceless, objectless, it can only be expressed with the help of sensations. And Suprematism represents that new, objectless system of relations of elements, expressed through the senses.

On the hayfield is an almost cubically constructed painting. There is nothing superfluous in it.

The entire picture is occupied by a full-length depiction of a man in the hayfield, holding a litovka in one hand and a small bucket with tools in the other. He is dressed in work clothes: a red shirt and dark pants. Part of his face is covered by a scarf. We can see that this peasant is physically strong. He stands on the light green grass and looks forward intently, as if he has shed all the burdens of life.

Behind him, other workers, a man and a woman in gray clothes, are at work. In the distance, ready stacks of green hay with blue hues can be seen. Soon this grass will wither and become hay. Very far away you can see already plowed yellow-brown fields. In the very background you can make out a small forest. The field is illuminated by a bright blue sky, almost cloudless. For the time of haymaking, all hardships are forgotten, the weather is sunny and warm, the period of heavy rains has passed, all conditions for fruitful work are there.