Kliment Nikolaevich Red'ko or Redko (, , Klyment Mykolayovych Redko), 15 (27) October 1897 - 18 February 1956) was a

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( Constructivist,

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Biography

Kliment Red'ko was born in Kholm,

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(now

Chełm Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...

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). In 1910–14 he studied at the

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Painting School of the

Kiev Pechersk Lavra Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Mon ...

. In 1918–19 he studied at Kiev Art Academy (KKHI). In 1919–20 Red'ko studied in the studio of

Aleksandra Ekster Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...

along with students

Solomon Nikritin Solomon Nikritin ( uk, Соломон Борисовiч Нiкрiтiн; 1898–1965) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist ( Neo-Primitivist, Constructivist), philosopher, and author. Biography Solomon Nikritin was born in Chernihiv, Ukrai ...

and

Nina Genke-Meller Nina Henrichovna Genke or Nina Henrichovna Genke-Meller, or Nina Henrichovna Henke-Meller (russian: Нина Генке-Меллер, Нина Генке; 19 April 1893 – 25 July 1954) was a Ukrainian-Russian avant-garde artist, (Suprematist, ...

. During that time he participated in decorating the streets of

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and

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for Revolution festivities, in the abstract style together with Ekster and Genke-Meller. In 1920–22 he studied painting at the

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Higher Artistic-Technical Workshops ( VKhUTEMAS) in the class of

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. In 1922 he participated in an exhibition of the Museum of Painterly Culture (MSCHK) in Moscow, together with

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, Nikritin and

Alexander Tyshler Alexander Grigoryevich Tyshler (26 July 1898 — 1980, russian: Александр Григорьевич Тышлер) was a Russian modernist painter, in particular, notable as a stage designer. Early life Tyshler was born in 1898 in Melitopol ...

. In the same year Red'ko wrote the ''Manifesto of Electroorganism''. From 1923 to 1924 Red'ko, together with Nikritin, developed his theories of '' Electroorganism'' and '' Luminism''. Red'ko started a scientific trend in art which he named Electroorganism as a reaction to Constructivism. In 1926 he had a solo exhibition in

. In 1928–30 he had solo exhibitions in

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. In 1933 he had personal exhibition in Moscow. In 1941 he worked on the design of posters for the news agency

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. Red'ko died in Moscow.

References

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