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| Birth name | Olexandr Porfyrovych Arkhypenko |
| Born | May 30, 1887 Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire |
| Died | February 25, 1964 New York, USA |
| Field | Sculpture |
| Training | Kiev Art School |
| Movement | Cubist |
| Works | Black Square, 1915 |
Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko (also referred to as Olexandr, Oleksandr, or Aleksandr) (Ukrainian: Олександр Порфирович Архипенко) (May 30, 1887 – February 25, 1964) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, sculptor and graphic artist.
Biography
Alexander Archipenko was born in Kiev, in present-day Ukraine (at the time a part of the Russian Empire) to Porfiry Antonowych Archipenko and Poroskowia Vassylivna Machowa Archipenko; he was the younger brother of Eugene Archipenko.
From 1902-1905, he attended the Kiev Art School (KKHU), after which he continued his education in the arts as the student of S.Svyatoslavsky in 1906 (also in Kiev). In the same year he had an exhibition in Kiev, together with Alexander Bogomazov. That same year, Archipenko moved to Moscow, where he had a chance to exhibit his work in some group shows.
By 1909, however, he had moved on to Paris.
In 1909 he was a resident in the artist's Colony La Ruche, among emigre Russian artists: Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Sonia Delaunay-Terk and Nathan Altman.
After 1910 Alexander Archipenko had exhibitions at Salon des Independants, Salon D'Automne 'a' together with Aleksandra Ekster, Kazimir Malevich, Vadym Meller, Sonia Delaunay-Terk alongside Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Andre Derain.
In 1912 Archipenko had his first personal exhibition at the Museum Folkwang in Hagen.
From 1912 to 1914 Archipenko was teaching at his own Art School in Paris.
In 1913 Archipenko's works appeared at the Armory Show in New York.
In 1914 he moved to Nice.
In 1920 he participated in Twelfth Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte di Venezia in Italy.
In 1921 he started his own Art school in Berlin.
In 1922 Archipenko participated in the First Russian Art Exhibition in the Gallery van Diemen in Berlin together with Aleksandra Ekster, Kazimir Malevich, Solomon Nikritin, El Lissitzky and others.
In 1923 he emigrated to USA. In 1929 he took American citizenship.
In 1923 Archipenko participated in an exhibition of Russian Paintings and Sculpture.
In 1934 he designed the Ukrainian pavilion in Chicago.
In 1936 Archipenko participated in an exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art in New York, numerous exhibitions in Europe and US.
Alexander Archipenko died on Feb. 25, 1964 in New York.
Associated with the cubist movement, Archipenko departed from the neo-classical sculpture of his time and used negative space to create a new way of looking at the human figure, showing a number of views of the subject simultaneously. He is known for introducing sculptural voids, and for his inventive mixing of genres throughout his career: devising 'sculpto-paintings', and later experimenting with materials such as clear acrylic and terra cotta.
Among the public collections holding works by Alexander Archipenko are: The Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, Massachusetts), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art (Northwestern University, Illinois), Brigham Young University Museum of Art (Utah), Chi-Mei Museum (Taiwan),The Denver Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Guggenheim Museum (New York City), the Hermitage Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington D.C.), the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Maier Museum of Art (Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia), the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (Alabama), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Nasher Sculpture Center (Dallas, Texas), the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California), the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice), the Phillips Collection (Washington D.C.), the Portland Museum of Art (Maine), the San Antonio Art League Museum (Texas), the San Diego Museum of Art (California), the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (Lincoln, Nebraska), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), Städel Museum (Frankfurt), the Tate Gallery, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Von der Heydt-Museum (Wuppertal, Germany) and the Walker Art Center (Minnesota).
Gallery
 The Gondolier, bronze sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
 Le Rendez-Vous des Quatre Formes, from the portfolio Les Formes Vivantes, lithograph on paper (1963), Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
 Gateway Sculptures, painted steel (1950), University of Missouri–Kansas City. |
External links
- The Archipenko Foundation
- Artcyclopedia page with links to images
- Find-A-Grave profile for Alexander Archipenko
- Alexander Archipenko papers at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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