Victor Nikolaevich Palmov ( uk, Віктор Никандрович Пальмов) (10 October 1888 – 7 June 1929) was a Russian and Ukrainian painter and

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 ...

artist (

Futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...

and

Neo-primitivist Primitivism is a mode of aesthetic idealization that either emulates or aspires to recreate a "primitive" experience. It is also defined as a philosophical doctrine that considers "primitive" peoples as nobler than civilized peoples and was an o ...

) from the

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 ...

circle.

Biographical dates

* Victor Palmov was born 10 October 1888 in

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

, in the

Samara Governorate Samara Governorate (russian: Самарская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1850 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Samar ...

of the

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. * In 1911–1914 he studied at the

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (russian: Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, МУЖВЗ) also known by the acronym MUZHZV, was one of the largest educational insti ...

(MUZHZV). * In 1920–1921, together with

, he travelled to

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. * In 1923–1924 Palmov was associated with the Moscow magazine ''

Left Front of the Arts ''LEF'' ("''ЛЕФ''") was the journal of the Left Front of the Arts ("Левый фронт искусств"''"Levy Front Iskusstv"''), a widely ranging association of avant-garde writers, photographers, critics and designers in the Soviet Unio ...

'' (LEF) — organ of the Constructivists and Formalists. * Palmov was the founder of the ''Cvetopisy'' or ''Tsv'etopisi'' (Colour paintings). * In 1925 he became the member of the ''Association of the Revolutionary Art of the Ukraine'' (ARMU) together with

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, ...

Vasiliy 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 ...

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 ...

and Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov. * In 1927 he was the co-founder of the ''Contemporary Ukrainian Artists Union'' (OSMU) together with Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov, Mark Epshtein 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 ...

. * From 1925 to 1929 he was professor at the

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 ...

Art Academy (now the

National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture The National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture ( uk, Націона́льна акаде́мія образотво́рчого мисте́цтва і архітекту́ри; НАОМА) - is an art university in Kyiv, Ukraine specialis ...

) together with

, and

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 ...

. * Victor Palmov died 7 July 1929 in

, in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

References

* Kudrytsky A. V. (ed.) 1997, ''Мистецтво України: Біографічний довідник'' (in

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

) — Kiev, 1997. — p. 460. — {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmov, Victor Neo-primitivism Russian avant-garde Russian artists Soviet painters Ukrainian people of Russian descent 1888 births 1929 deaths 20th-century Ukrainian painters 20th-century Ukrainian male artists Ukrainian male painters Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni Ukrainian avant-garde