Nina Kogan

Nina Kogan (1887–1942) was a Russian painter known for her Suprematist works.[1]

Nina Kogan, Komposition, 1920

Early life

Kogan was born in Saint Petersburg, and studied at the Moscow School of the Order of St Catherine.[2] She went on to study at the People’s Art School in Vitebsk, Belarus, studying under Kazemir Malevich and ultimately becoming a teacher in the school.[3][1]

Career

She was a member of Malevich's UNOVIS artist collective.[1] While a member of the group , she created the work Suprematist Ballet, in an attempt to animate Supermatist forms and ideas in dance.[4][5]

In the 1980s a large number of works attributed to her appeared on the European art market.[2][6]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.[3]

Death

Kogan died in 1942 in Leningrad, during the Siege of Leningrad.[2]

References
  1. Shatskikh, Aleksandra Semenovna (2007). Vitebsk: The Life of Art. ISBN 978-0300101089.
  2. "The Faking of the Russian Avant-Garde". July 2009.
  3. https://sis.modernamuseet.se/en/view/objects/asitem/6786/109/primaryMaker-asc?t:state:flow=ce275f5d-1c10-4707-9060-7d9d17bcc4b8
  4. Townsend, Christopher; Trott, Alexandra; Davies, Rhys (21 October 2014). Across the Great Divide: Modernism's Intermedialities, from Futurism to Fluxus. ISBN 9781443870207.
  5. "New art for the new world – Celebrating the UNOVIS Collective at 100".
  6. New Left Review. New Left Review Limited. 2004.
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