- Solomon Nikritin
Solomon Nikritin (
Russia : Соломон Борисович Никритин, 1898-1965) was a Ukrainian-Russia n painter,avant-garde artist ( Neo-Primitivist , Constructivist),graphic artist ,designer , andauthor .Biography
Solomon Nikritin was born in
Chernigov .In 1909-1914 he attended
Kiev Art School (KKHU).In 1914-1917 he studied under the painters
Leonid Pasternak andAlexander Jakovlev in Moscow and inSt.Petersburg .In 1916 he participated in an exhibition of contemporary art in
Moscow .In 1917 Nikritin returned to Kiev and studied in the studio of
Aleksandra Ekster .In 1920-1922 he studied at the Moscow Higher Artistic-Technical Workshops (
VKhUTEMAS ).In 1922 Nikritin participated in the "First Russian Art Exhibition" in the Gallery van Diemen in
Berlin together withKazimir Malevich ,Alexander Archipenko ,Aleksandra Ekster ,El Lissitzky ,Nathan Altman and others.In 1922 he participated in the founding of the group, the
Projectionists , together withKliment Red'ko andTishler among others.From 1923 to 1924 he together with Red'ko developed theories of "Electroorganism" and "Luminism".
In 1923 Nikritin was co-founder of the experimental stage, Theatre of Projectionism in
Moscow .From 1929 to 1930 he taught at the high school for art education in
Riazan .He was a head of the Poly-Technical Museum in Moscow.
From 1931 he was a member of the association "Isobrigade".
Nikritin died in Moscow.
References
*Solomon Nikritin, "Avantgarde and Ukraine", p.195., Catalog, an Exhibition of the Villa Stuck Munich, !993, Germany.
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