Alexander Archipenko was an American-Ukrainian artist. His best-known works are his small-scale sculptures—notable as among the first to apply Cubism to three- ...

Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko (May 30 [O.S. May 18] 1887 – February 25, 1964) was a Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist, ... Biography · Contribution to art · Public collections · Gallery

Four of Archipenko's Cubist sculptures, including Family Life and five of his drawings, appeared in the controversial Armory Show in 1913 in New York City.

Rather than bronze or marble, the sculpture is made from painted plaster, with a small hole that hints at his innovative play with mass and voids—which would ...

“Archipenko challenged the traditional understanding of sculpture. It was generally monochromatic at the time. His pieces were painted in bright colors. Instead ...

In 1902, he entered the Kiev Art School, where he studied painting and sculpture until 1905. During this time, he was impressed by the Byzantine icons, frescoes ...

The 2018 online release is part of an ongoing project dedicated to documenting the complete oeuvre of Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964) in a customized digital ...

Alexander Archipenko developed a sculptural form of Cubism using interlocking and overlapping solids and sculptural voids to show various views of the figure ...

A pioneer of Modernist sculpture and multimedia work, Alexander Archipenko is best known for his small-scale Cubist sculptures and “sculpto-paintings.

Alexander Archipenko was a sculptor who was born in the Ukraine. After working in Paris, Archipenko moved to the U.S. and became a citizen in 1928.