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Alexander Archipenko
Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko was a Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist, active in France and the United States. He was one of the first to apply the principles of Cubism to architecture, analyzing human figures into geometrical forms.
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culture · Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist and sculptor (1887–1964) · sculptor · painter · graphic designer · illustrator · photographer · collagist · designer · architectural drafter · also Alexander Archipenko, Aleksandr Porfirevic Archipenko, Aleksandr Archipenko, Aleksandr Arkhīpenko, Oleksander Porfyrovych Arkhypenko, Alexandre Archipenko
Born 30 May 1887 · Died 25 February 1964 · Q157578
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2017· 2 entries
The National Bank of Ukraine circulated a 2-hryvnia commemorative coin dedicated to the artist
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Ukraine celebrated 130 years since the birth of Oleksandr Arkhipenko
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1968· 1 entry
And was donated to the university in 1985
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1964· 2 entries
Died 1964-02-25.
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But died before the work was finished, leaving his wife to oversee its completion
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1936· 1 entry
Archipenko participated in an exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art in New York as well as numerous exhibitions across Europe and other places in the U
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1933· 1 entry
Exhibited at the Ukrainian pavilion in Chicago as part of the Century of Progress World's Fair
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1922· 1 entry
Archipenko participated in the First Russian Art Exhibition in the Gallery van Diemen in Berlin together with Aleksandra Ekster, Kazimir Malevich, Solomon Nikritin, El Lissitzky, and others
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1920· 1 entry
Participated in Twelfth Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte di Venezia in Italy and started his own Art school in Berlin the following year
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1912· 1 entry
Archipenko had his first personal exhibition at the Museum Folkwang at Hagen in Germany, and from 1912 to 1914 he was teaching at his own Art School in Paris
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1908· 2 entries
Studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris (1908).
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And quickly enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts, which he left after a few weeks because he found it old-fashioned and academic
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1906· 2 entries
Decided to move to Moscow in order to have a chance to exhibit his work in some group shows and also attend courses at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
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Continued his education in the arts by joining a "free studio" (otherwise known as a "Comradely Workshop") organized by students on Velyka Zhytomyrska Street in Kyiv, which was headed by the landscape artist Serhiy Sv
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1905· 1 entry
Studied at Kyiv Art School (1902–1905).
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1902· 1 entry
Studied at Gottlieb Walker Gymnasium (1900–1902).
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-05-30.
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