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Eugène Konopatzky

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Known for
  
Painting, drawing,

Period
  
Fauvism

Died
  
1962, Paris, France

Eugène Konopatzky

Born
  
January 27, 1887
Lutsk, Russian Empire (today Ukraine)

Movement
  
Post-impressionism, fauvism, modernism

Eugène Konopatzky (Russian: Евгений Игнатьевич Конопацкий, Ukrainian: Конопацький Євген Гнатович; born January 27, 1887 in Lutsk – on October 19, 1962 in Paris) was Russian and Ukrainian painter and printmaker, known artist and modern art theoretician of Russian avant-garde (historically the term "Russian Avant-garde" refers to the art of all countries which were parts of Russia/USSR in the beginning of 20th century).

Biography

In 1914 he organized the exhibition Kiltse ("The Ring") in Kiev, together with Aleksandra Ekster and Alexander Bogomazov among others.

Eugène Konopatzky exhibited from 1925 in Paris, at the Salon des Indépendants.

Since 1927 he exhibited his paintings at the Salon d'Automne.

References

Eugène Konopatzky Wikipedia