Eugène Konopatzky

Eugène Konopatzky

portrait (с.1917)
Born January 27, 1887
Lutsk, Russian Empire (today Ukraine)
Died October 19, 1962 (age 75)
Paris, France
Known for Painting, drawing,
Movement Post-impressionism, fauvism, modernism

Eugène Konopatzky (Russian: Евгений Игнатьевич Конопацкий, Ukrainian: Конопацький Євген Гнатович; born January 27, 1887 in Lutsk – on October 19, 1962 in Paris) was Russian and Ukrainian painter and printmaker, known artist and modern art theoretician of Russian avant-garde (historically the term "Russian Avant-garde" refers to the art of all countries which were parts of Russia/USSR in the beginning of 20th century).

Biography

In 1914 he organized the exhibition Kiltse ("The Ring") in Kiev, together with Aleksandra Ekster and Alexander Bogomazov among others.

Eugène Konopatzky exhibited from 1925 in Paris, at the Salon des Indépendants.[1]

Since 1927 he exhibited his paintings at the Salon d'Automne.[2]

References

Notes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eugène Konopatzky.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.