Konstantin Medunetsky
Illustration — Untitled construction, c. (Illustrated in L'Espirit Nouveau No. 21, Paris, 1924.) Kazimir (Konstantin) Kostantinovich Medunetsky (1899, Moscow - c.
Also recorded as Kazimir Medunetsky · Konstantin Konstantinovich Medunetsky · Konstantin Konstantinovič Medunetsky · Konstantin Konstantinovič Meduneckij
Konstantin Medunetsky
Photograph in L'Espirit Nouveau No. 21, 1924. · Public domain
- Born
- 1899 · Moscow.
- Died
- 1935 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- sculptor · scenographer · painter · poster artist
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1935) was a Constructivist sculptor and stage designer who was a pupil of Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko in Vkhutemas (Higher Art and Technical Studios) and founder member of OBMOKHU (Society of Young Russian Artists) in 1919. Medunetsky exhibited designs which included a spiral form at the 1920 OBMOKHU exhibition. Spatial Construction (formerly Construction No. 557), 1919, in Yale University Art Gallery, is the only surviving example of Medunetsky's sculpture. It was originally purchased by Kathrine Dreier in 1922 for the Société Anonyme. Medunetsky designed the models for the kiosks in the Soviet part of the Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in 1925 and also the decorations for the Kamerny Theatre.
Aliases used by Medunetsky included: Kazimir Konstantinovič Meduneckij; Konstantin Konstantinovič Meduneckij; Kazimir Konstantinovich Medunetsky; Konstantin Konstantinovich Medunetsky; Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Medunetzki and Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Medunezkij.
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• Spatial Construction (formerly Construction No. 557), 1919. Yale University Art Gallery. • Spatial Construction, 1920. • Holiday, c. 1920. • Untitled Construction, c. 1924. (see picture, right)
Color Construction No. 7 (Konstantin Medunetsky, 1921
Konstantin Medunetsky · Archiv des Instituts für Kunstgeschichte der LMU München
1920 Construcción cromática; Konstantin Medunetsky
Konstantin Medunetsky Константин Медунецкий
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- 1.Lodder, Christina. "Medunetsky, Konstantin." in Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- 2."MEDUNETSKY, Kazimir (Konstantin) Kostantinovich." in Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- 3.Smith, Bernard. (1998) Modernism's History: A Study in Twentieth Century Art and Ideas. New Haven: Yale University Press, p. 170. ,
- 4.Konstantin Medunetsky. Invaluable, 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- 5.Spatial Construction (Construction no. 557) . Yale University Art Gallery, 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Katalog vystavki: Konstruktivisty K. K. Medunetskii, V. A. Stenberg, G. A. Stenberg [Catalogue of the exhibition: the Constructivists K. K. Medunetsky, V. A. Stenberg, G. A. Stenberg] (exh. cat., Moscow, Kafe Poetov, 1922).
- A. Nakov: 2 Stenberg 2 (exh. cat., London, Annely Juda F.A., 1975).
- C. Lodder: Russian Constructivism (New Haven, 1983).
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