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In 1936 Archipenko participated in an exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art in New York as well as numerous exhibitions across Europe and other places in the U.S. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1962. Alexander Archipenko died on February 25, 1964, in New York City.
Alexander Archipenko was a seminal influence in 20 th century avant-garde sculpture. He announced himself to the modern art world through a series of small-scale works that were the first to apply Cubist techniques to three-dimensional forms.
- Ukrainian-American
- May 30, 1887
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- February 25, 1964
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View all 46 artworks. Olexandr Archipenko lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of American-Ukrainian Cubism and Avant-garde. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- American, Ukrainian
- May 30, 1887
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- February 25, 1964
Nov 3, 2016 · Though always devoted to sculpture, Archipenko played with the boundaries of mediums throughout his career, devising dimensional painted reliefs, such as Glass on a Table (1920), that he called “sculpto-paintings.” Archipenko was born in Kyiv, at the time part of the Russian Empire, in 1887.
Archipenko created some of the earliest multimedia sculptures, working with glass, wire, and wood, and was one of the first modern artists to add color to sculpted form. In 1923, Archipenko moved to the United States, where he opened art schools in New York City and Woodstock and taught in universities across the country.
- May 30, 1887
- February 25, 1964
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Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian American artist best known for his original Cubist-inspired sculptures. He explored the interplay between interlocking voids and solids and between convex and concave surfaces and, in the process, revolutionized modern sculpture.
