Ukrainian avant-garde is a term widely used to refer the most innovative metamorphosises in Ukrainian art from the end of 1890s to the middle of the 1930s along with associated artists. Broadly speaking, it is Ukrainian art synchronized with the international

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

in sculpture, painting, literature, cinema, theater, stage design, graphics, music, architecture. Some well-known Ukrainian avant-garde artists include:

Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ...

Alexander Archipenko Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko (also referred to as Olexandr, Oleksandr, or Aleksandr; uk, Олександр Порфирович Архипенко, Romanized: Olexandr Porfyrovych Arkhypenko; February 25, 1964) was a Ukrainian and American ...

Vladimir Tatlin Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin ( – 31 May 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International, more commonly known as Tatlin's Tower, whi ...

Sonia Delaunay Sonia Delaunay (13 November 1885 – 5 December 1979) was a French artist, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She was born in Odessa (then part of Russian Empire), and formally trained in Russian Empire and Germany before moving to Fr ...

Vasyl Yermylov Vasyl Dmytrovych Yermylov ( uk, Василь Дмитрович Єрмилов) (1894–1968) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist and designer.'Єрмилов', «''Словник Художників України''» ("Dictionary of ...

Alexander Bogomazov Alexander Bogomazov or Oleksandr Bohomazov (russian: Александр Константинович Богомазов, uk, Олександр Костянтинович Богомазов; March 26, 1880 – June 3, 1930) was a Ukrainian painte ...

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 ...

David Burliuk David Davidovich Burliuk (Давид Давидович Бурлюк; 21 July 1882 – 15 January 1967) was a Russian-language poet, artist and publicist associated with the Futurist and Neo-Primitivist movements. Burliuk has been described as ...

Vadym Meller Vadym Meller or Vadim Meller, (russian: Вадим Георгиевич Меллер; uk, Вадим Георгійович Меллер, 1884–1962) was a Ukrainian Soviet painter, avant-garde Cubist, Constructivist and Expressionist artist, ...

, and

Anatol Petrytsky Anatol Petrytsky (January 31 (February 12), 1895 – March 6, 1964) was a Soviet painter, stage and book designer. Biography Petrytsky was born in the family of a railwayman. From 1912 to 1918, he studied at the Kiev Art School. Was an apprentic ...

. All were closely connected to the Ukrainian cities of

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

, and

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

by birth, education, language, national traditions or identity. The first formal artistic group to call itself "Avangarde" (Avant-garde) which was founded in Kharkiv in 1925. The term, "Ukrainian Avant-Garde", concerning painting and sculpture during Soviet censorship, was used during discussion at ''Tatlin's dream'' exhibition. Curated by Parisian art historian Andréi Nakov, in

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, 1973, the exhibition showcased works of Ukrainian artists

and

. The first international avant-garde exhibitions in Ukraine, which included French, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian artists, were presented in

and

at the Izdebsky Salon; the pieces were later exhibited in St. Petersburg and Riga.Bert Cardullo. ''Theories of the Avant-garde Theatre: A Casebook from Kleist to Camus''. 2012. p. 23. Scarecrow Press. The cover of "Izdebsky Salon 2" (1910–11) contained abstract work by

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...

Timeline

* 1908: Exhibition "

Zveno Zveno ( bg, Звено, lit=link), ''Politicheski krŭg "Zveno"'', officially Political Circle "Zveno" was a Bulgarian political organization, founded in 1930 by Bulgarian politicians, intellectuals and Bulgarian Army officers. It was associated ...

" in

; works by

Alexandra Exter 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 ...

Vladimir Burliuk Wladimir Davydovych Burliuk (russian: Владимир Давидович Бурлюк; – 1917) was a Russian avant-garde artist (Neo-Primitivist and Cubo-Futurist) and book illustrator. He died at the age of 32 in 1917 in World War I. Biograp ...

Yevgeny Agafonov Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

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Volodymyr Denisov Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣр� ...

. * 1909: "Blue Lily" at Kharkiv; works by

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Vasyl Yermilov Vasyl Dmytrovych Yermylov ( uk, Василь Дмитрович Єрмилов) (1894–1968) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist and designer.'Єрмилов', «''Словник Художників України''» ("Dictionary of ...

. * 1910: Exhibition "Salon Izdebsky 2" at Odesa and

; works by Alexandra Exter, David and

, and

, alongside pieces by

Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard (; 3 October 186723 January 1947) was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist ...

Georges Braque Georges Braque ( , ; 13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century List of French artists, French painter, Collage, collagist, Drawing, draughtsman, printmaker and sculpture, sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his all ...

Maurice de Vlaminck Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse, he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 w ...

Maurice Denis Maurice Denis (; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art, he is associated with '' Les Nabis'', symbolism, a ...

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...

Henri Rousseau Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910)
at the Paul Signac Paul Victor Jules Signac ( , ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Biography Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. H ...

. * 1910: "Hylaea", a Ukrainian-Russian association of

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poets, is founded in Chorniaka, Kahovsky region, South of Ukraine. Members include David and Vladimir Burliuk, V. Kamensky,

Aleksei Kruchyonykh Aleksei Yeliseyevich Kruchyonykh (russian: Алексе́й Елисе́евич Кручёных; 9 February 1886 – 17 June 1968) was a Russian poet, artist, and theorist, perhaps one of the most radical poets of Russian Futurism, a mov ...

Benedikt Livshits Benedikt Konstantinovich Livshits (russian: Бенеди́кт Константи́нович Ли́вшиц, 24 December 1886 (Old Style)/6 January 1887 (New Style) – 21 September 1938) was a poet and writer of the Silver Age of Russian Po ...

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

Velimir Khlebnikov Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov ( rus, Велими́р Хле́бников, p=vʲɪlʲɪˈmʲir ˈxlʲɛbnʲɪkəf; – 28 June 1922) was a Russian poet and playwright, a central part of th ...

, and others. * 1913:

Mykhaylo Semenko Mykhaylo Vasyliovich Semenko ( uk, Миха́йло Васи́льович Семе́нко; 31 December 1892 – 23 October 1937) was a Ukrainian poet, and a prominent representative of Ukrainian futurist poetry of the 1920s. He is considered to ...

founds the Ukrainian futurist group "Quero". * 1914:

– together with her fellow-Ukrainians Archipenko, Vladimir Baranov-Rossiné, Kazimir Malevich , Vadym Meller and the Burliuk brothers, exhibit at the Société des Artistes Indépendants in Paris and, alongside Archipenko, take part in the Esposizione Libera Futurista Internazionale in Rome. * 1914:

and

found the group of Cubo-Futurists artists named "Koltso" in

. * 1917: Artistic group "Union of Seven" is founded in Kharkiv; members included

Boris Kosarev Boris Maximovich Kosarev (russian: Бори́с Макси́мович Ко́сарев; 1911–1989) was a Soviet Union, Soviet photographer, journalist, in 1930 - 1950 he was an official photographer of the Soviet government, who participat ...

, Georgy Tsapok,

Volodymyr Bobrytsky Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ ...

, and Nikolai Kalmykov. * 1924:

Kyiv Art Institute Kyiv Art Institute (KHI) uk, Київський художній інститут, russian: Киевский художественный институт (1924-1930) was the Ukrainian state art and technical high school which is the historical inh ...

(KHI); members included

Victor Palmov Victor Nikolaevich Palmov ( uk, Віктор Никандрович Пальмов) (10 October 1888 – 7 June 1929) was a Russian and Ukrainian painter and avant-garde artist (Futurist and Neo-primitivist) from the David Burliuk circle. Biogra ...

, and

Volodymyr Tatlin Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ ...

. * 1925: Artistic association and magazine "Avangarde" at Kharkiv, founded by

Valerian Polishchuk Valerian Lvovych Polishchuk ( uk, Валеріан Львович Поліщук, 1 October 1897 — 9 October 1937) was a Ukrainian writer and poet, a representative of the Executed Renaissance. He wrote in Ukrainian. Polishchuk was born in the ...

and

. * 1925: Association of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine (ARMU) founded in

; members include

Mykhailo Boychuk Mykhailo Boychuk ( uk, Миха́йло Льво́вич Бойчу́к, 30 October 1882 – 13 July 1937) was a Ukrainian painter, most commonly known as a monumentalist. He is considered a representative of the generation of the Executed Renaissa ...

and

. * 1927: The Union of Modern Artists of Ukraine (OSMU) is founded in

;

, and Pavel Golubyitnikov are involved. * 1927: Artistic association and the magazine "New Generation" is founded in Kharkiv by M. Semenko,

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, ...

, and

Geo Shkarupii Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word ''γη'' or ''γαια'', meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land”. GEO or Geo may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''GEO'' (magazine), a popular scientific magazine ...

People involved

Cinema

Alexander Dovzhenko Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...

''Ukrainian Avant-garde'' http://avantgarde.org.ua/en.php

Painters

Mykola Hlushchenko Mykola Hlushchenko ( uk, Микола Петрович Глущенко; 17 September 1901 – 31 October 1977) was a Ukrainian artist. He was a winner of the Shevchenko National Prize in 1972. Biography Hlushchenko was born in Novomoskovs ...

Oleksandr Hnylytskyi Alexander Gnylytsky (July 17, 1961 – November 1, 2009; ) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian artist who was one of the pioneers of the Ukrainian New Wave. In 1994 he became a member of the Kyiv art group named "Paris Commune". From 1996 he was one of ...

Abraham A. Manievich Abraham Anshelovich Manievich (Abram Manevich) (25 November 1881 Mstsislaw, Belarus – 30 June 1942 Bronx, United States) was a Ukrainian-American Expressionism, expressionist artist of Belarusian-Jewish origin. Life He studied art at the Kie ...

Oksana Pavlenko Oksana or Oxana (, ; be, Аксана), sometimes transliterated as Aksana, is a female given name of Ukrainian origin. The closest equivalent is the Russian name '' Kseniya'' (russian: Ксения, links=no), but the two names coexist in use ...

* Kostiantyn Piskorskyi *

Vasily Sedlyar Vasily Teofanovych Sedlyar (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Теофанович Седля́р: 12 April 1899, Khristyvka, Shyshaky Raion — 13 July 1937, Kiev) was a Ukrainian painter, illustrator and art teacher; executed in the Great Purge. He was ...

Manuil Shechtman Manuil Iosipovich Shechtman 2 February 1900, Lipinki, Zhytomyr Oblast - late 1941, near Moscow) was a Ukrainian painter of Jewish ancestry. Biography He spent most of his childhood with his grandfather in Norilsk, where he studied at the local ...

Sculptors

Ivan Kavaleridze Ivan Petrovych Kavaleridze or Kawaleridze (Ukrainian Іван Петрович Кавалерідзе; – 3 December 1978) was a Ukrainian - Soviet sculptor, filmmaker, film director, playwright and screenwriter. Life Kavaleridze was born in ...

* Petro Mitkovicer

Theatre directors

Boris Balaban Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...

Les Kurbas Oleksandr-Zenon Stepanovych Kurbas ( ua , Олександр-Зенон Степанович Курбас; 24 February 1887– 30 November 1937), was a Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something rel ...

* Faust Lopatynsky *

Volodymyr Sklyarenko Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣр� ...

* Mark Tereshchenko * Januariy Bortnik

Stage Designers

Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov Alexander (Oleksandr) Khvostenko-Khvostov ( uk, Олександр Веніамінович Хвостенко-Хвостов; April 4, 1895 – February 16, 1967) was a Russian/Ukrainian/Soviet avant-garde artist ( Constructivist), and stage desig ...

Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo (French ''Michel Andreenko'' also known as ''Mikhail Andriyenko-Nechitailo'' among other variations) (1894–1982) was a renowned Ukrainian Modernist painter and stage designer. In 1912–1917, Andriienko-Nechytailo ...

Writers

Mykola Bazhan Mykola Platonovych Bazhan (; – 23 November 1983) was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure. He was an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1951), Merited Science Specialist o ...

Myroslav Irchan Myroslav Irchan (14 July 1897 – 3 November 1937), originally Andriy Babiuk, was a Ukrainian storywriter and playwright. He was born to a poor peasant family in the village of P'yadyky, Kolomyia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. In 1914, he graduated fr ...

Mykola Khvylovy Mykola Khvylovy ( ; – May 13, 1933) (who also used the pseudonyms "Yuliya Umanets", "Stefan Karol", and "Dyadko Mykola") was a Ukrainian novelist, poet, publicist, and political activist, one of the founders of post-revolutionary Ukraini ...

* Geo Shkurupiy * Oleksa Slisarenko *

Maik Yohansen Maik (Mykhailo) Hervasiiovych Yohansen or Mike Johansen ( uk, Майк Гервасійович Йогансен; pseudonyms Villi Vetselius illy Wetzeliusand M. Kramar; 16 October 1895, Kharkiv, Ukraine – 27 October 1937, Kyiv, Ukraine) – wa ...

Mykhailo Yaloviy Mykhailo or Mykhaylo ( uk, Михайло) is a Ukrainian given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include: * Mykhaylo Berkos (1861–1919), Russian and Ukraine artist of Greek origin *Mykhailo Bolotskykh (born 1960), ...

* Yuriy Yanovsky

Architects

* Pavlo Alyoshin * Valerian Rykov

Composers

Borys Lyatoshynsky Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky ( uk, Бори́с Миколáйович Лятоши́нський ()), also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky (russian: Бори́с Николаевич Лятоши́нский), (3 January 189515 Apr ...

* Zinoviy Lysko *

Stefania Turkewich Stefania Turkewich-Lukianovych (25 April 1898 – 8 April 1977) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, and musicologist, recognized as Ukraine's first woman composer. Her works were banned in Ukraine by Soviet authorities. Biography Childhood S ...

References

External links

* ''Ukrainian avant-garde'' http://avantgarde.org.ua/en.php * ''Library Of Ukrainian Art'' http://en.uartlib.org/ukrainian-avant-garde/ * ''Kyiv to Paris: Ukrainian Art in the European Avant-Garde, 1905-1930'' http://www.zoryafineart.com/publications/view/11/app/webroot/Zorya_Inc.pdf * ''Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s'' https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/staging-the-ukrainian-avant-garde-1910s-1920s-theatre-design-new-york * ''UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE ARTISTS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY'' http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/Art.asp#Topic_14 * ''Online Museum of Ukrainian Avant-Garde Embroidery'' http://www.uaheritage.com/en/dna-avant-garde-embroidery

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