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Nadeshda Andreevna Udaltsova was born in 1886 in Oriol. Soon after, her family moved to Moscow, where the artist attended classes at the private art schools of Ivan Dudin and Konstantin Yuon from 1905 to 1909. In 1907, she met Liubov Popova and the following year, she visited Berlin and Dresden. From 1912 to 1913, she studied at the La Palette Academy in Paris alongside Popova, with teachers such as J. Metzinger, A. Dunoyer de Segonzac and H. Le Fauconnier. There, she delved into Cubism and created a series of artworks adhering to its principles. She returned to Moscow in 1913 and worked in Vladimir Tatlin's laboratory. Her encounter with Kazimir Malevich introduced her to Suprematism and she soon became a member of the Supremus group. Starting in 1918, she taught at the State Free Art Workshops (SVOBMAS) in Moscow, initially as an assistant to Malevich and later as a painting professor. From 1920 to 1930, she taught at the Higher Technical Artistic Workshops of Moscow (VHUTEMAS) and later at the Textile Institute of Moscow. She was a member of the "Union of Extreme Leftist Painters" and the Institute of Artistic Education (INKhUK), and she also collaborated with the newspaper Anarkhiia (Anarchy). In the late 1920s, she distanced herself from the movements of the Russian avant-garde and returned to representational painting. She exhibited her artwork in various cities in the Soviet Union as well as in Germany. She passed away in Moscow in 1961.