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Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)

Aliases: Aleksander Porfir'evič Archipenko; Aleksandr Archipenko; Alexandre Archipenko

Professions: Sculptor; Painter

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Alexander Archipenko Biography

(b Kiev, Ukraine, 30 May 1887; d New York, 25 Feb 1964). Ukrainian sculptor, active in Paris and in the USA. He began studying painting and sculpture at the School of Art in Kiev in 1902 but was forced to leave in 1905 after criticizing the academicism of his instructors. In 1906 he went to Moscow, where, according to the artist, he participated in some group exhibitions (Archipenko, p. 68). In 1908 he established himself in Paris, where he rejected the most favoured contemporary sculptural styles, including the work of Rodin. After only two weeks of formal instruction at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts he left to teach himself sculpture by direct study of examples in the Musée du Louvre. By 1910 Archipenko was exhibiting with the Cubists at the Salon des Indépendants, and his work was shown at the Salon d’Automne from 1911 to 1913.

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