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Solomon Nikritin


Solomon Nikritin (Ukrainian: Соломон Борисовiч Нiкрiтiн, 1898–1965) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist ( Neo-Primitivist, Constructivist), graphic artist, designer, and author.

Solomon Nikritin was born in Chernihiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire).

In 1909–1914 he attended Kiev Art School (KKHU).

In 1914–1917 he studied under the painters Leonid Pasternak and Alexander Jakovlev in Moscow and in St. Petersburg.

In 1916 he participated in an exhibition of contemporary art in Moscow.

In 1917 Nikritin returned to Kiev and studied in the studio of Aleksandra Ekster.

In 1920-1922 he studied at the Moscow Higher Artistic-Technical Workshops (VKhUTEMAS).

In 1922 Nikritin participated in the First Russian Art Exhibition in the Gallery van Diemen in Berlin together with Kazimir Malevich, Alexander Archipenko, Aleksandra Ekster, El Lissitzky, Nathan Altman and others.

In 1922 he participated in the founding of the group, the Projectionists, together with Kliment Red'ko and Tishler among others.


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