THE NETHERLANDS Van Gogh Museum P.O. Box 75366, 1070 AJ Amsterdam Info: 020-570 52 52 Tel: 020-570 52 00 Fax: 020-673 50 53 E-mail: info@vangoghmuseum.nl http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl WELCOMING THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM: MALEVICH 11 July 2008 - 9 November 2008 Sixteen paintings have been selected from the rich collection of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum to provide an overview of Kazimir Malevich's (1879-1935) development. Early in his career he was influenced by impressionism and postimpressionism. Some of the paintings show an affinity with the world and style of Vincent van Gogh, as can be seen in the farmer figures. His work gradually became increasingly modernist. Malevich is best known as a pioneer of geometrical-abstract art. In 1915 he launched his new style, 'Suprematism'. Here geometrical shapes are fully autonomous and the instinctual, mystical experience paramount.