- Ivan Kliun
Ivan Kliun ( _ru. Иван Васильевич Клюн, 1870 - 1942) was a
Russia n painter,Avant-garde artist (Suprematist , Constructivist),graphic artist andsculptor .Biography
Ivan Vasilyevich Kliun (Kliunkov) was born in 1870 in Bolshie Gorki village (near
Moscow ).Ivan Kliun has studied at the Art School in
Penza .In 1889-1990 he studied at the school of the Society of the Encouragement of the Arts in
Warsaw .From 1990-1905 he studied art at the studios of F.Rerberg, Il.Mashkov and V.Fisher in
Moscow .From 1907 to 1914 he studied at the
Academy of Arts inSt. Petersburg .From 1910 to 1914 he has participated in exhibitions of the group of artists "
Soyuz Molodyozhi " (Union of Youth) together withDavid Burliuk ,Wladimir Burliuk ,Kazimir Malevich ,Pavel Filonov ,Vladimir Tatlin ,Yuri Annenkov and others.In 1915 Kliun participated in exhibitions of the group " Tramway V". In the same year he joined the group of artists "
Supremus " that was led by Malevich.In 1916 he together with artists-suprematists
Kazimir Malevich ,Aleksandra Ekster , Nina Genke,Liubov Popova ,Nadezhda Udaltsova and others worked at "Verbovka Village Folk Centre ".From 1917 to 1921 Kliun was Head of the Central Exhibition Bureau of the Fine Arts Department of "
Narkompros ".From 1918 to 1921 he taught at the "
VKhUTEMAS " inMoscow .Ivan Kliun died in 1942/43, Moscow.
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