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Alexander Archipenko

(American/Ukrainian, 1887–1964)

Alexander Archipenko

Die letzten Tage von Pompeji / The Last Moment of the City of Pompeii / 1925 / posthumer Guß, 2007

35,000 EUR

Alexander Archipenko

Josephine Bonaparte (Version A), 1978

150,000 USD

Biography

Timeline

1887: Born in Kiev, Ukraine
1902 - 1905: Studied painting and sculpture at the Kiev art school, Kiev, Ukraine
1910: Opened art school, Paris, France
1912: Founding member of " La Section d'Or"
1921: Opened art school, Berlin, Germany
1923: Moved to the United States, opened art school, New York, NY
1924: Taught summer art school , Woodstock, NY
1929: Became American citizen
: Established “Arko,” a school of ceramics, New York, NY
1933: Taught at Mills College, Oakland, CA and at the Chouinard School, Los Angeles, CA
1935 - 1936: Taught summer sessions at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1937: Taught at New Bauhaus, Chicago, IL
1938: Opened the Modern School of Fine Arts and Practical Design, Chicago, IL
1956: Taught at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1964: Died in New York, NY

Exhibitions

2008: Alexander Archipenko, Saarland Museum, Saabrücken, Germany (solo)
2006: Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (solo)
Archipenko 2D/3D: Prints and Sculpture, Musuem of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL (solo)
2005: Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity, The Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY (solo)
2004: Refashioning the Figure: The Sketchbooks of Archipenko, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (solo)
Alexander Archipenko: Unknown Works, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2002: Process and Exploration: Recurring Motifs in the Work of Alexander Archipenko, Eaton Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
2001: Alexander Archipenko: Terra Cotta Sculptures, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1993: Rachel Adler Gallery, New York, NY
1991: Alexander Archipenko: The Sculptor As Printmaker, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1987: Alexander Archipenko: The Last Decade 1954 - 64, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986: Alexander Archipenko: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C (solo)
1985: Archipenko: Drawings, Reliefs and Constructions, Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY (solo)
1984: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1982: Archipenko: Naturalism of the 1920s and 1930s, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Archipenko, The Early Works: 1910 - 1921, The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
1979: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Alexander Archipenko 1887 - 1964: The Late Experimental Years, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1976: Archipenko –Polychrome Sculptures, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1974: Alexander Archipenko – A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1973: Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1969 - 1970: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1969: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1967: Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX; Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
1964: Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
1963: Centro Culturale S. Fedele, Milan, Italy (solo)
1962: Retrospective, Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (solo)
Perls Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Drawings and watercolors, Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1959: Perls Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1958: Selections, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1957: Perls Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1956: Retrospective, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Düsseldorf, Germany; Charlottenburger Schloss, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1955: Retrospective, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany; Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
1954: 110th Exhibition, Fifty Years Production, Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY
1953: Le Cubisme, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Works on paper, El Instituto Guatemalteco-Americano, Guatemala City, Guatemala (solo)
1952: Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
L’Oeuvre du XXe siècle, Peintures, Sculptures, Musée National D’Art Moderne, Paris, France; The Tate Gallery, London, UK
Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1951: Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
American Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1950: Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1949: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1948: New plexiglas works, Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1947: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1944: Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1942: Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1941: Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1940: We like Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1939: Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1938: Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1937: Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1932: John Levy Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1931: The Archipenko Exhibition, Braxton Gallery, Hollywood, CA (solo)
Renaissance Gallery, Montecito, CA (solo)
1929: The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of The Legion Of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Braxton Gallery, Hollywood, CA (solo)
1928: The Anderson Galleries, New York, NY
1924: Kingore Gallery, Societe Anonyme, New York, NY (solo)
1923: Leipziger Kunstverein, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
1922: Galerie van Diemen, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, Germany
Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Frankfurt, Germany
1921: Potsdam Museum, Potsdam, Germany
Société Anonyme, New York, NY (solo)
1920: Ukranian Pavillon, Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy (solo)
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
1919: Exhibition of French Art 1914 - 1919, Mansard Gallery, Heal & Son, Ltd., London, UK
1914: Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
Salon des Indépendants, Brussels, Belgium
1913: Armory Show, New York, NY
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1912: Folkwang Museum, Hagen, Germany
Salon des Indépendants XXVIII, Paris, France
Salon d’Automne X, Paris, France
Galerie La Boétie, Paris, France
1911: Salon des Indépendants XXVII, Paris, France
Salon d’Automne IX, Paris, France
1910: Salon des Indépendants XXVI, Paris, France
: SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
: Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, Australia
Centre Pompidou, Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Literature

2008: Melcher, Ralph (Ed.). Alexander Archipenko. Saabrücken: Saarland Museum, 2008 (catalogue)
2005: Leshko, Jaroslaw. Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity. New York and Kyiv: The Ukrainian Museum with cooperation of Rodovid Press, 2005 (catalogue)

Alexander Archipenko

(American/Ukrainian, 1887–1964)

Alexander Archipenko

Alexander Archipenko

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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