Kliment Nikolaevich Red'ko or Redko (, , Klyment Mykolayovych Redko), 15 (27) October 1897 - 18 February 1956)
was a
Ukrainian-
Russia
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painter
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scientist
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,
avant-garde
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artist
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(
Constructivist,
Projectionist
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Historical background
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,
Suprematist),
graphic artist
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Biography
Kliment Red'ko was born in Kholm,
Russian Empire
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(now
Chełm
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The ...
,
Poland
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).
In 1910–14 he studied at the
Icon
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Painting School of the
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
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Sinc ...
.
In 1918–19 he studied at Kiev Art Academy (KKHI).
In 1919–20 Red'ko studied in the studio of
Aleksandra Ekster
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As a young woman, her studio in Kiev attracted all the city's creative lum ...
along with students
Solomon Nikritin and
Nina Genke-Meller. During that time he participated in decorating the streets of
Kiev
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and
Odessa
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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
Moscow
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Higher Artistic-Technical Workshops (
VKhUTEMAS) in the class of
Wassily Kandinsky
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.
In 1922 he participated in an exhibition of the Museum of Painterly Culture (MSCHK) in Moscow, together with
, Nikritin and
Alexander Tyshler. 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
Moscow
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.
In 1928–30 he had solo exhibitions in
Paris
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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
TASS
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TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterpri ...
.
Red'ko died in Moscow.
References
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1897 births
1956 deaths
People from Chełm
People from Lublin Governorate
Russian avant-garde
20th-century Russian painters
Russian male painters
Russian modern artists
Vkhutemas alumni
20th-century Ukrainian painters
20th-century Ukrainian male artists
20th-century Russian male artists
Ukrainian male painters