Aleksandr Shevchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAleksandr Shevchenko
Ukrainien artist
Date of Birth: 24-May-1882
Place of Birth: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Date of Death: 28-Aug-1948
Profession: painter, sculptor
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Aleksandr Shevchenko
- Aleksandr (Vasilievich) Shevchenko (Ukrainian: ??????´??? ????´?????? ?????´???; 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.
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