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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Ukrainien artist
A.K.A.
Aleksandr Vasilevich Shevchenko, Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Shevchenko, A. V. Shevchenko, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Shevchenko, Aleksandr Vasil'evič Ševčenko
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
24 May 1882(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Death:
28 August 1948(Moscow, Russia)
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Education:
Académie Julian
(1905 - 1906)
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
(1907 - 1909)
The details
Biography
Aleksandr (Vasilievich) Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Васи́льович Шевче́нко; 7 June 1883, Kharkiv – 28 August 1948, Moscow) was a highly influential Ukrainian avant-garde painter and theorist. In 1913 he wrote the book 'Neo-primiivizm', from which the Ukrainian and Russian art movement derives its name.
In 1890-1898 he studied at the Kharkiv Realschule, was a student of painter Dmytro Bezperchyi. From 1905 to 1906 he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris.During 1907-1909 he studied at the Moscow School of Painting.