malevich on the boulevard dated-1903 Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)

Description of the painting "On the Boulevard" by Kazimir Malevich

For Kazimir Malevich, the 1930s are characterized by his study of Impressionist theory. It was during this period that he wrote works that resembled the Impressionists of France in their style. According to the artist, Impressionism is considered the beginning and the basis of the painting of the new age.

During this period, the painter is engaged in painting several canvases devoted to boulevard themes. Through these paintings of his, we see how he expressed his thoughts and feelings. "On the Boulevard" expresses exactly that. All of Kazimir Malevich’s works in his earlier periods are well painted, even if the artist painted this work in a sprawling, careless stroke. The author pursued one single, in his opinion, the main goal - to convey the perspective space, which goes away from the viewer.

The painting has no main characters. We learn about this even from the very title of the painting. The face of the woman depicted in the foreground has no clear boundaries, it is not prescribed. It is a typical Malevich image of a woman, a young girl who has decided to sit down for a while and relax on a park bench on a warm summer day. Although her clothes are painted in a realistic manner, the viewer cannot sense her character or guess her mood. It is a kind of symbolic image that the artist used to make the composition of the work.

In the background is a landscape in the style of Impressionism. We see beautiful trees that are painted with careless strokes of blue and yellow.

The people walking leisurely along the boulevard are not clearly painted, you can not understand what their faces are, they have no personality. The artist managed to convey the human bustle.

"On the Boulevard" is a symbolic painting that was meant to convey all of Malevich’s secret thoughts about whether or not there is meaning in human existence.