Eugène Konopatzky

Eugène Konopatzky (Russian: Евгений Игнатьевич Конопацкий, Ukrainian: Конопацький Євген Гнатович; born January 27, 1887 in Lutsk – on October 19, 1962 in Paris) was Russian and Ukrainian painter and printmaker, known artist and modern art theoretician of Russian avant-garde (historically the term "Russian Avant-garde" refers to the art of all countries which were parts of Russia/USSR in the beginning of 20th century).

Eugène Konopatzky
portrait (с.1917)
Born	January 27, 1887 Lutsk, Russian Empire (today Ukraine)
Died	October 19, 1962 (age 75) Paris, France
Known for	Painting, drawing,
Movement	Post-impressionism, fauvism, modernism

Biography

In 1914 he organized the exhibition Kiltse ("The Ring") in Kiev, together with Aleksandra Ekster and Alexander Bogomazov among others.

Eugène Konopatzky exhibited from 1925 in Paris, at the Salon des Indépendants.[1]

Since 1927 he exhibited his paintings at the Salon d'Automne.[2]

References

1. Société des artistes indépendants. 36, Catalogue de la 36e exposition 1925, p 177, № 1838–1639; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1940; Gallica BnF
2. Le Temps; Gallica BnF

Notes

• Bénézit, 1976 : Eugène Konopatzky

External links

• Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, site Oxford Index (subscription or library membership required)
• 1;2 Eugène Konopatzky
• A.Bogomazov. Painting and Elements. 1914. (scanned from О.Богомазов / A.Bogomazov. Живопис та Елементи / Painting and Elements. Kyiv, 1996). For non-commercial use only
• pdf, Society Independent Artists in Odessa; O.M.Barkovskaya, 2012, p.142