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The Russian artist Ilya Chashnik (Lucin, 1902 - Saint Petersburg, 1929) was one of the most important disciples of Kazimir Malevich and embraced the Suprematist principles supported by the latter.
Born into a modest Jewish family in Latvia, he spent his childhood in Vitebsk, where he was introduced to the world of painting by a local artist. In 1919 he moved to Moscow to continue his artistic training at the Higher State Art-Technical-Studios (Vkhutemas) in Moscow, but his attraction to the work of Marc Chagall pushed him to return to Vitebsk after a few months to attend the art school directed by him.
However, after meeting Malevich, who teaches at the same school, his art undergoes a radical change of direction and he becomes one of the most talented and loyal followers of his Suprematist master. Read the full biography

The Russian artist Ilya Chashnik (Lucin, 1902 - Saint Petersburg, 1929) was one of the most important disciples of Kazimir Malevich and embraced the Suprematist principles supported by the latter.
Born into a modest Jewish family in Latvia, he spent his childhood in Vitebsk, where he was introduced to the world of painting by a local artist. In 1919 he moved to Moscow to continue his artistic training at the Higher State Art-Technical-Studios (Vkhutemas) in Moscow, but his attraction to the work of Marc Chagall pushed him to return to Vitebsk after a few months to attend the art school directed by him.
However, after meeting Malevich, who teaches at the same school, his art undergoes a radical change of direction and he becomes one of the most talented and loyal followers of his Suprematist master. During the winter of 1919-20, Malevich and a group of students formed the group known as Unovis (Affirmers of the New Art). Among those involved in the initiative were Ilya Chashnik and Nikolai Suetin, who became close friends and collaborated on various projects. Chashnik developed his personal style in the Suprematist idiom, evolving from Malevich's white compositions to paintings in which black was the predominant element. In these works the geometric shapes form crossed planes with a tendency towards rhythm and symmetry.
After graduating from Vitebsk in 1922, he moved to Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), where Malevich and other artists belonging to Unovis were already resident. During this period Chashnik concentrated on the possible applications of Suprematism in everyday life: he designed textiles, posters and buildings and worked with Suetin in the Lomonosov factory. He began to collaborate with the Institute of Artistic Culture (Inkhuk) in 1923 and from 1925 with the Institute of Decorative Arts.
He passed away in 1929 at the age of 27.