Born 1902, Ļucin, Latvia - Died 1928, Leningrad
Painter, graphic artist and designer
Work Design Biography
Note: you can view more of this artist's work and design in the category of Mass and Agit Art.
Work
Red Quadrate (UNOVIS).
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 21.4x19.4 cm.
The Gallery Leonard Hutton, New York.
Suprematism design. 1921.
Gouache on paper, 5.5x22.5 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism design. 1921.
Indian ink and pencil on cardboard, 5.8x22.7 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism design. 1921.
Indian ink and pencil on cardboard, 8x22.7 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Color Motion. 1921-1922.
Watercolor on paper, 50.5x15 cm each.
Gmurzhinski Gallery, Koln, Germany.
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Suprematism. 1921-1923.
Oil on canvas, 81.5x87 cm.
Ernst Schwitters collection, Norway.
Suprematism Relief. 1922.
16.5x13 cm.
Private collection.
Suprematism Relief. 1922.
11.3x18.5 cm.
Private collection.
Vertical axis in motion. 1922-1923.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 6.5x9.6; 13.3x13.6 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Suprematism Relief. 1922-1923.
Oil on wood. 118x118x7 cm.
Private collection.
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Suprematism Cross. 1922-1923.
Indian ink on cardboard, 33x33 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism Composition. 1922-1924.
Collage on cardboard. 35x26.3 cm.
Stolz Gallery, Cologne.
Suprematism. 1922-1923.
Watercolor on paper, 18.5x22.8 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism Collage. 1922-1923.
Collage, gouache on paper, 44.8x27.9 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism Composition. 1923.
Gouache on paper, 30.4x22.3 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
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Suprematism Cross. 1923.
Gouache on paper, 30.4x22.3 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism. 1923-1924.
Colored wood and glass, 82.8x62.3 cm.
Collection Thissen-Bornemisza, Lugano, Switzerland.
Color Lines in Vertical Motion. 1923-1925.
Watercolor on paper, 35.5x25.5 cm.
Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York.
Suprematism. 1924-1925.
Oil on canvas, 85x57 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Donated in 1977 by G. D. Costaki..
Suprematism. 1924-1925. 
Oil on canvas, 80x127.5 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Donated in 1977 by G. D. Costaki.
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The Seventh Dimension. Suprematism Relief with Stripes. 1925.
Colored wood, paper, cardboard, glass. 26x22.5x1.4 cm.
Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York.
Cosmos. Red Circle on Black Plane. 1925.
Indian ink and watercolor on paper, 37.2x32.8 cm.
Private collection, USA.
Suprematism Composition. 1920s.
Watercolor, pencil on paper, 13.5x10.7 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
Sketch of Two Suprematism Compositions. 1920s.
Watercolor, graphite pencil on paper, 12.8x18.3 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
Suprematism Relief N11. 1926.
Colored wood and glass, 82.8x62.3 cm.
Collection Thissen-Bornemisza, Lugano.
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Circles in the Suprematism Cross. 1926.
Watercolors, Indian ink, paper on cardboard, 29.8x20.9 cm.
Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York.
Suprematism Relief. Second half of 1920s. Reconstruction 1975-78, made by the artist's son, Ilya Chashnik Junior.
Wooden play, oil, paper. 53.5x60 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
Suprematism Composition. Second half of 1920s. Reconstruction 1970s, made by the artist's son, Ilya Chashnik Junior.
Gouache on paper, 19x62.2 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
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Suprematism. Ex-libris designs. 1923.
Indian ink and watercolor on paper, 13.4x11.2; 8x6.5 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Design for porcelain. 1923.
Gouache and Indian ink on paper. Diameter 8.2 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Design for porcelain.
1923.
Watercolor on paper, 33.2x33.4 cm.
Art Company Ltd, Gheorgy Kostaki collection, Athens.
Plate with Suprematism Design. 1923.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Design for Advertisement Booth (Stand). 1923-1924.
Gouache on paper. 24x16.5 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
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Cigarette case design. 1920s.
Indian ink, silver paint on paper, 32.8x47.6 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Mustard Pot with Suprematism Design. 1920s.
Ht. 11.5 cm.
The Lomonossov Porcelain Fabric Museum, St.Petersburg.
Goblet with Suprematism Design. 1920s.
The Lomonossov Porcelain Fabric Museum, St.Petersburg.
Plate with a Black Suprematism Design. 1920s.
The Lomonossov Porcelain Fabric Museum, St.Petersburg.
Two Plates. Suprematism. 1920s.
The Lomonossov Porcelain Fabric Museum, St.Petersburg.
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Fabric design. 1920s.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 18.7x35.6 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Suprematism composition. Fabric design. 1920s.
Gouache on paper, 14.8x14 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
Poster design. Sketch. 1924-1925.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 23.6x16.4 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Architecton. 1924-1925.
Graphite pencil on paper, 17.5x22 cm.
Gmurzhinski Gallery, Koln, Germany.
Architecton. 1924-1926.
Pencil on paper, 17.7x22 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
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Suprematism cover for the journal "Kino" ("Cinema"). Sketch. 1925.
Collage, 19x18.5 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Suprematism design for the journal "Kino" ("Cinema"). Sketch. 1925.
Collage, 10.8x16.5; 7.5x15.5; 10.8x16.5 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Cup painting design. Mid 1920s.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 6.5x9.6; 13.3x13.6 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Donated in 1955 by I.I. Chashnnik.
Two sketches for cup painting design. Mid 1920s.
Watercolor, color ink and pencil on paper, 16.4x15.2; 26.8x17.7 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Donated in 1955 by I.I. Chashnnik.
Design for porcelain powder case. Mid 1920s.
Indian and color Ink and pencil on paper, 7.6x7.6; 8.7x12.2 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Donated in 1955 by I.I. Chashnik.
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Architecton. 1925-1926.
Pencil on paper, 26x17.7 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Architecton. 1925-1926.
Pencil on paper, 22x17.7 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Architecton. 1925-1926.
Pencil on paper, 17.7x26 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Architecton. 1925-1926.
Pencil on paper, 17.6x22 cm.
Gmurzhinski Gallery, Koln, Germany.
Architecton. 1926.
Plaster, 16.4x18.7x2.6 cm.
Rothschild Artistic Fund, Baltimore, USA.
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Spatial Composition. Mid 1920s.
Graphite pencil on paper, 17.6x22 cm.
Private collection, St. Petersburg..
Suprematism Architecton in the Shape of Cross. 1926.
Pencil on paper, 22x17.5 cm.
Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York.
Sketch of Five Spatial Compositions. Second half of 1920s.
Graphite pencil on paper, 17.9x22.1 cm.
Private Collection, St. Petersburg.
Fabric design. 1925-1927.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 22.8x35.3 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Fabric design. 1925-1927.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 32.7x24.4 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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Fabric design. 1925-1927.
Watercolor on paper, 47.1x32.4 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Border design. 1925-1927.
Indian ink on paper, 13x53.2 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Fabric design. 1925-1927.
Watercolor on paper, 32.5x47 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Fabric design. 1925-1927.
Watercolor on paper, 46.8x34.2 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Sketch for applied art. 1925-1927.
Color ink on paper, 33.2x47.9 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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Sketch for applied art. 1925-1927.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 33.2x26.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Sketch for applied art. 1925-1927.
Watercolor and Indian ink on paper, 32.9x47.3 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Fabric Design. 1925-1927.
Indian ink on paper, 34x47.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Interior Sketch in Suprematism. Late 1920s.
Watercolor, graphite pencil on paper, 18x27 cm.
Private collection, St.Petersburg.
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Biography:
Ilya Chashnik was one of the most talented and favourite pupils of Kazimir Malevich. His life was very short, but he has managed to accomplish a lot in the art of Suprematism and Constructivism.
Ilya Chashnik was born in 1902 in Ļucin, Latvia, the youngest of 8 children in a very poor family. Soon afterwards, the family has moved to Vitebsk. From early on, Ilya has loved drawing. At the age of 11 he was forced to leave school, and entered an optics-mechanics workshop, where he worked for 10-11 hours a day. But despite the hard work, his craving for art was so strong, that soon he has began drawing again by night. By 1915, his elder brothers and sisters all left home to work, and Ilya could finally return to school, from which he graduated in 1919. He has taken drawing lessons from Yu. Pen, a Vitebsk painter.
In 1920, Chashnik has studied briefly at VHUTEMAS, in Moscow. He was taken with Chagall's art, and has transferred to Vitebsk, in order to study with him. Then he studied with Malevitch, and graduated from the Vitebsk Practical Art Institute in 1922.
Ilya Chashnik was a member of the UNOVIS Group.
In 1921-22 he has participated in UNOVIS exhibitions in Moscow and in Vitebsk; the exhibition of artists of various movements in Petrograd (1923); the international exhibition of decorative art in Paris (1925); an exhibition in Monso-Milan in 1927 (honorary ?).
In 1922, the artist has followed Malevitch and moved to Petrograd, to join the scientific department of INHUK (the Institute of art Culture), where he has received diploma and a title of free artist and high teacher of technical schools.
Chashnik has worked as an artist at the Petrograd porcelain factory (1922-24); in scientific function at the Decorative Institute (1925). He was research leader on decorative art forms in the porcelain field, and on advertising poster and architecture. He was a member of the Committee of artistic industry at the State Institute of Art History (1926-27). From 1927, he has headed a workshop ISORAM (decorative art of the working youth).