Alexander Archipenko
| Alexander Archipenko | |
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Archipenko around 1920
(photograph by Atelier Riess) |
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| Born |
Olexandr Porfyrovych Arkhypenko May 30, 1887 Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | February 25, 1964 (aged 76) New York City, New York U.S. |
| Education | Kiev Art School |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | The Boxers, 1914 |
| Movement | Cubism |
| Elected | American Academy of Arts and Letters (1962) |
Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko (also referred to as Olexandr, Oleksandr, or Aleksandr; Ukrainian: Олександр Порфирович Архипенко, Romanized: Olexandr Porfyrovych Arkhypenko; Russian: Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Архи́пенко; May 30, 1887 – February 25, 1964) was a Ukrainian-born American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist.
Alexander Archipenko was born in Kiev, (Russian Empire, now Ukraine) in 1887, to Porfiry Antonowych Archipenko and Poroskowia Vassylivna Machowa Archipenko; he was the younger brother of Eugene Archipenko.
From 1902 to 1905 he attended the Kiev Art School (KKHU), after which he continued his education in the arts as the student of S. Svyatoslavsky in 1906, also in Kiev. In the same year he had an exhibition, together with Alexander Bogomazov, in Kiev. Later that same year he moved to Moscow where he had a chance to exhibit his work in some group shows.
Archipenko moved to Paris in 1908 and was a resident in the artist's colony La Ruche, among émigré Russian artists: Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Sonia Delaunay-Terk and Nathan Altman. After 1910 he had exhibitions at Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne together with Aleksandra Ekster, Kazimir Malevich, Vadym Meller, Sonia Delaunay-Terk alongside Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and André Derain.
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