Bookplate of Khrystofor D. / "Ek ton bibлion Xpisтофороу Л. Доvвартzоглоу"

Mykhailo Nechytailo-Andriienko

Basic information

ID: ФМз-Г-IV-576
Author: Mykhailo Nechytailo-Andriienko
Name: Bookplate of Khrystofor D. / "Ek ton bibлion Xpisтофороу Л. Доvвартzоглоу"
Technique: woodcut
Material: paper
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 9.3 x 8.3

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: bookplate (ex libris)
Provenance: Yaroslava Muzyka Fund

Information about author

Author: Mykhailo Nechytailo-Andriienko
Artist's lifetime: 1894–1982
Country: Ukraine, France
Biography: Mykhailo Nechytailo-Andriienko (December 29, 1894, Kherson – November 12, 1982, Paris) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, stage designer, and writer who lived in Paris most of his life. He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Art School and the Law Faculty of Saint Petersburg University (1917). In 1914, for the first time, he participated in the international graphics exhibition in Leipzig. In 1918-1919, Nechytailo-Andriienko worked as a decorator of the K. Myklashevskyi Chamber Theater in Odesa. The political situation in the country forced the artist to go abroad, first to Romania (1920) and later to the Czech Republic (1921). In 1923, he settled down in Paris. Nechytailo-Andriienko created his most outstanding works in Cubism, Constructivism, Surrealism, and Abstractionism in the French capital. The artist's creative heritage includes numerous scenery for European theatres. Nechytailo-Andriienko also expressed himself as a writer (short stories, psychological novels) and the author of art history essays for French and Ukrainian emigrant publications. The artist participated in numerous individual and international exhibitions. Nechytailo-Andriienko's works are kept in museums in Paris, London, Vienna, New York, Rome, and many private collections.

Object description

Bookplate of Khrystofor D. / "Ek ton bibлion Xpisтофороу Л. Доvвартzоглоу"

Inscriptions

At the bottom right below the image is the author's surname: "M. Nechytailo-Andriienko"

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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