Alexei Grischenko

Alexei Vasilyevich Grischenko (1883-1977) was a Ukrainian painter.

Grischenko studied philology in the University of Kiev, University of Saint Petersburg, and University of Moscow. He has studied painting in Kiev at the school of drawing and painting of Konstantin Yuon in Moscow in 1910, and at the studio of Mashkov in 1911.

In 1911, Grischenko visited Paris and in 1912, Italy. From 1912 to 1914 he travelled to various Russian cities to study Old Russian painting.

From 1909 onward, Grischenko took part in exhibitions and was a member of groups such as the New Society of Artists, the Moscow Salon, the Jack of Diamonds, the Union of Youth, the Exhibition of Left Movements, the World of Art, “Free Creation”, 12th State exhibition “Color Dynamos and Primitive Tectonic”, Association of Independent Artists of Ukraine, and many more.

In 1922 Grischenko has emigrated to France, where he lived much of the remainder of his life. Grishchenko’s work won high regard among his contemporaries. His style was somewhat Cubist in nature, with the geometry of outlines and choice and combination of color interspliced with element of Old Russian iconography. Unfortunately, many of Grischenko's early work has perished.

External links

* [http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/exhibitions/virtual/red/e_118.html A Cubist Work by Grischenko]