Aleksandr Shevchenko
Ukrainien artist
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| Intro | Ukrainien artist | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Aleksandr Vasilevich Shevchenko Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Shevchenko A. V. Shevchenko Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Shevchenko Aleksandr Vasil'evič Ševčenko | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Aleksandr Vasilevich Shevchenko Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Shevchenko A. V. Shevchenko Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Shevchenko Aleksandr Vasil'evič Ševčenko | ||||||||
| Places | France Russia | ||||||||
| was | Painter Artist Sculptor | ||||||||
| Work field | Arts | ||||||||
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| Birth | 24 May 1882, Kharkiv, Ukraine | ||||||||
| Death | 28 August 1948Moscow, Russia (aged 66 years) | ||||||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||||||
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Aleksandr (Vasilievich) Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Васи́льович Шевче́нко; 7 June 1883, Kharkiv – 28 August 1948, Moscow) was a highly influential Ukrainian avant-garde painter and theorist. In 1913 he wrote the book 'Neo-primiivizm', from which the Ukrainian and Russian art movement derives its name.
In 1890-1898 he studied at the Kharkiv Realschule, was a student of painter Dmytro Bezperchyi. From 1905 to 1906 he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. During 1907-1909 he studied at the Moscow School of Painting.