Black Square is a 1915 oil on linen canvas painting by the Russian avant-garde artist and theorist Kazimir Malevich. There are four painted versions, the first of which was completed in 1915 and described by the artist as his breakthrough work and the inception of his Suprematist art movement (1915–1919). Kazimir Malevich, 1915 — painted at 36. Canvas and oil paint. 79.5 × 79.5 cm. In the Tretyakov Gallery. Suprematism. Wiki link