Avant-Garde

Konstantin Vyalov

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, applied artist, theatrical designer, poster designer, book illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander Vyalov in Moscow (1900). Studied at the Imperial St...

Alexander Hoffert (Goffert)

Graphic artist, painter, teacher. Born in the family of applied artist and teacher Yevgeny Hoffert (1875–1920) in the small town of Serdobsk in Saratov Province (1899). Studied at Serdobsk Primary Sc...

Alexander Schipitsyn

Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a peasant called Vasily Schipitsyn in Nizhny Novgorod (1897). Studied under Alexander Kuprin at the Nizhny Novgorod Technical College of Art (1921–25) a...

Kirill Zdanevich

Georgian painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, book designer, illustrator, collector, writer on art. Elder brother of Ilya Zdanevich. Born in the family of Polish teacher Micha? Zdaniewicz an...

Alexander Lappo-Danilevsky

Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, theatrical designer, editor. Born in St Petersburg (1898) in the family of historian Alexander Lappo-Danilevsky (1863–1919) and his wife Elena Bekaryukova (1868–...

Alexander Gluskin

Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of an office worker called Mikhail Gluskin in Odessa (1899). Studied under Vladimir Sause at Odessa Commercial College (1909–17), at Joel-Rubin Be...

Yevrosinia Yermilova-Platova

Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Fedosy Yermilov in the village of Kamenka in the Crimea (1895). Studied at the Faculty of History and Philology of the Higher Courses for Women (1914) a...

Vasily Yermilov

Painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, designer, teacher. Born in the family of a tailor called Dmitry Yermilov in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv (1894). Studied under Ladislav Trakal at the Khark...

Nina Khlebnikova

Graphic artist, poetess. Born in the family of Victor Khlebnikov. Created a series of silhouettes of writers (1920s–30s) and abstract linocuts with direct quotations of Kazimir Malevich ’s Suprematis...

Vera Khlebnikova

Painter, graphic artist. Younger sister of Futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), wife of Pyotr Miturich, mother of May Miturich-Khlebnikov. Born in the family of Vladimir Khlebnikov (1857–193...

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