''Painterly Realism of a Peasant Woman in Two Dimensions'',
more commonly known as ''Red Square'',
is a 1915 painting by
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ...
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The painting is of a red
quadrilateral
In geometry a quadrilateral is a four-sided polygon, having four edges (sides) and four corners (vertices). The word is derived from the Latin words ''quadri'', a variant of four, and ''latus'', meaning "side". It is also called a tetragon, ...
on a white field.
According to ''New York Times'' art critic
Grace Gluek, the "Peasant Woman" of the title of the work is represented in the color red of traditional
Russian religious icon paintings.
''Red Square'' is currently in the collection of the
Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...
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References
{{Kazimir Malevich
1915 paintings
Suprematism (art movement)
Paintings by Kazimir Malevich
Collections of the Russian Museum