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The artist, painter and scholar Solomon Nikritin (1889-1965) was born in Chernigov. In 1915-16 he attended art lessons at private studios of M.Leblan and L.Pasternak in Moscow, in 1917-18 at studious of A.Yakovlev, M.Dobuzhinsky and E.Lanceray in Petrograd as well as A.Exter studio. In 1921-22 he attended [[VkHUTEMAS]] (Higher Arts and Crafts studios) classes in Moscow conducted by [[Wassily Kandinsky]] and the head of [[IZO]] department of the Public Commissariat of Education [[David Shterenberg]].
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'''Solomon Nikritin''' (UA: Соломон Борисовiч Нiкрiтiн; RU: Соломон Борисович Никритин; 1889-1965) was a Ukrainian and Russian artist, painter and art theorist.
  
As many other avant-garde artists, Nikritin himself was involved in the [[Proletkult]] workshops in Moscow in 1921. The same year he founded the last group of avant-garde painting in Russia called Projectionists (or the Method). One year later he founded the Studio of Projection Theatre. In 1924 he takes part in the First Discussion Exhibition of Associations of Active Revolutionary Art. In 1925-1929 Nikritin is a president of the Art Research Council of the Museum of Painterly Culture (MPC) and the head of its Analytical Cabinet, were he conducted experimental research work. MPC was the only state funded museum intended to collect works of the avant-garde. MPC collection was the biggest in Russia. In 1932-1934 Nikritin was the head of the Department for Visual Art at Moscow Polytechnic Museum. He joins the Methodology Bureau and the Exhibition Commission, takes part in the reconstruction work. He is among the first to create a method for exhibition design were each exposition has a script of its content and stylistic direction.
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Since the early 1930s, in the epoch of the Socialist Realism, the Moscow Union of Artists accused Nikritin of the formalism. Since that time his paintings were never exhibited in Russia. Most of the works and writings from his private archive ended up in the collection of Georgy Kostakis and were divided between the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki. Solomon Nikritin is mainly recognized now as an avant-garde painter and draughtsman; his art critical works and philosophical theories as well as his experiments in the field of theatrical culture related to biomechanics of movement and sound are almost forgotten. [http://www.asmir.info/genz/OSA/PROJECTIONISM.doc‎ (Source)]
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==Life and work==
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''This section is sourced from Andrey Smirnov, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=8860 Sound in Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th-century Russia]'', London, 2013, pp 126-7.''
  
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Solomon Nikritov was born in Chernigov. In 1915-16 he attended art lessons at the private studios of M. Leblan and L. Pasternak in Moscow. In 1917 he attended lessons in the studios of A. Yakovlev, M. Dobuzhinsky and E. Lanceray in Petrograd, and in 1918 he took lessons at [[Alexandra Exter]]'s studio in Kiev. In 1921-22 he attended [[VkHUTEMAS]] (Higher Arts and Crafts studios) classes in Moscow, conducted by [[Wassily Kandinsky]] and the head of the [[IZO|IZO department]] of the Public Commissariat of Education, [[David Shterenberg]].
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Like many other avant-garde artists, Nikritin himself was involved in the [[Proletkult]] workshops in Moscow in 1921. The same year he founded the latest group of avant-garde fine arts in Russia, called [[Projectionists]] (or the Method). A year later he founded the [[Studio of Projection Theatre]]. In 1924 he took part in the First Discussional Exhibition of the Associations of Active Revolutionary Art. From 1925-29 Nikritin was president of the Art Research Council of the Museum of Painterly Culture (MPC) and the head of its Analytical Cabinet, were he led experimental research work. MPC was the only State-funded museum intended to collect works of the avant-garde. The MPC collection was the biggest in Russia. As of 1930 Nikritin was the main designer at Moscow Polytechnic Museum, and from the mid 1930s until 1941 he was the designer of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow.
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From 1932-34 Nikritin was the head of the Department for Visual Art at Moscow Polytechnic Museum. He joined the Methodology Bureau and the Exhibition Commission, taking part in reconstruction work. He was among the first to create a method for exhibition design whereby each exposition has a script of its content and stylistic direction.
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In the early 1930s, during the epoch of Socialist Realism, the Moscow Union of Artists accused Nikritin of formalism. After that his paintings had never been exhibited in Russia. Most of the works and writings from his private archive ended up in the collections of Georgy Kostakis and Igor Savitsky and were divided between the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki and the Karakalpakstan State Museum of Art in Nukus (Uzbekistan). Nowadays Solomon Nikritin is mainly recognized as an avant-garde painter and draughtsman; his art criticism and philosophical theories as well as his experiments in the field of theatrical culture related to the biomechanics of movement and sound are almost entirely forgotten.
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==Links==
 
* http://www.asmir.info/genz/OSA/PROJECTIONISM.doc‎
 
* http://www.asmir.info/genz/OSA/PROJECTIONISM.doc‎
 
* http://www.uni-konstanz.de/electrified-voices/?page_id=274
 
* http://www.uni-konstanz.de/electrified-voices/?page_id=274
 
* http://www.tg-m.ru/img/mag/2004/4/094-101.pdf
 
* http://www.tg-m.ru/img/mag/2004/4/094-101.pdf
 
* http://echo.msk.ru/programs/tretiakovka/613974-echo/
 
* http://echo.msk.ru/programs/tretiakovka/613974-echo/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Nikritin
 

Revision as of 16:45, 13 August 2015

Born December 15, 1898(1898-12-15)
Chernigov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died December 3, 1965(1965-12-03) (aged 66)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Web Wikipedia, Wikipedia-RU
Collections Costakis, Tretyakov, RGALI

Solomon Nikritin (UA: Соломон Борисовiч Нiкрiтiн; RU: Соломон Борисович Никритин; 1889-1965) was a Ukrainian and Russian artist, painter and art theorist.

Life and work

This section is sourced from Andrey Smirnov, Sound in Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th-century Russia, London, 2013, pp 126-7.

Solomon Nikritov was born in Chernigov. In 1915-16 he attended art lessons at the private studios of M. Leblan and L. Pasternak in Moscow. In 1917 he attended lessons in the studios of A. Yakovlev, M. Dobuzhinsky and E. Lanceray in Petrograd, and in 1918 he took lessons at Alexandra Exter's studio in Kiev. In 1921-22 he attended VkHUTEMAS (Higher Arts and Crafts studios) classes in Moscow, conducted by Wassily Kandinsky and the head of the IZO department of the Public Commissariat of Education, David Shterenberg.

Like many other avant-garde artists, Nikritin himself was involved in the Proletkult workshops in Moscow in 1921. The same year he founded the latest group of avant-garde fine arts in Russia, called Projectionists (or the Method). A year later he founded the Studio of Projection Theatre. In 1924 he took part in the First Discussional Exhibition of the Associations of Active Revolutionary Art. From 1925-29 Nikritin was president of the Art Research Council of the Museum of Painterly Culture (MPC) and the head of its Analytical Cabinet, were he led experimental research work. MPC was the only State-funded museum intended to collect works of the avant-garde. The MPC collection was the biggest in Russia. As of 1930 Nikritin was the main designer at Moscow Polytechnic Museum, and from the mid 1930s until 1941 he was the designer of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow.

From 1932-34 Nikritin was the head of the Department for Visual Art at Moscow Polytechnic Museum. He joined the Methodology Bureau and the Exhibition Commission, taking part in reconstruction work. He was among the first to create a method for exhibition design whereby each exposition has a script of its content and stylistic direction.

In the early 1930s, during the epoch of Socialist Realism, the Moscow Union of Artists accused Nikritin of formalism. After that his paintings had never been exhibited in Russia. Most of the works and writings from his private archive ended up in the collections of Georgy Kostakis and Igor Savitsky and were divided between the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki and the Karakalpakstan State Museum of Art in Nukus (Uzbekistan). Nowadays Solomon Nikritin is mainly recognized as an avant-garde painter and draughtsman; his art criticism and philosophical theories as well as his experiments in the field of theatrical culture related to the biomechanics of movement and sound are almost entirely forgotten.

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