Aleksandr Shevchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Aleksandr 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


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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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