Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov (1895–1967) was a Ukrainian

Ukrainians

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 avant-garde

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 artist (Constructivist

Constructivism (art)

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), and stage designer.

Biography

Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov was born in the village of Borisovka, now part of the Belgorod Oblast

Belgorod Oblast

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 on the 17 April (4 April O.S

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) 1895.

From 1907 to 1917 Alexander studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

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 (MUZHZV). In 1917 he became a member of the Moscow Professional Union of Artists in Moscow

Moscow

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 together with Kazimir Malevich

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, Aleksandra Ekster

Aleksandra Ekster

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, Vadym Meller

Vadym Meller

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 and Vladimir Tatlin

Vladimir Tatlin

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. From 1918 to 1919 he studied in the studio of Aleksandra Ekster in Kiev

Kiev

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, Ukraine

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.

From 1920 to 1921 he designed posters and advertising boards. After 1920 he made numerous designs for ballets and operas in Kharkiv

Kharkiv

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 and Kiev, mainly in the Constructivist

Constructivism (art)

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 style.

In 1926 he cooperated in the production of Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

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's Love for the three Oranges (one of his most experimental projects that was not performed) in Kharkiv.

In 1927 he participated in the All-Ukrainian Exhibition Ten Years October together with Alexander Bogomazov

Alexander Bogomazov

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, Vadym Meller

Vadym Meller

Vadym Meller or Vadim Meller, was a Ukrainian-Russian Soviet painter, avant-garde Cubist and Constructivist artist, theatrical designer, book illustrator, and architect...

, Vladimir Tatlin

Vladimir Tatlin

Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin was a Russian and Soviet painter and architect. With Kazimir Malevich he was one of the two most important figures in the Russian avant-garde art movement of the 1920s, and he later became the most important artist in the Constructivist movement...

, Victor Palmov

Victor Palmov

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, Anatol Petrytsky

Anatol Petrytsky

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, Mark Epshtein.

Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov died 16 February 1967 in Kiev.