Nikolay Kulbin
Illustration — Kulbin in 1909 Nikolai Ivanovich Kulbin (1868, Helsinki – 6 March 1917, Petrograd) was a Russian Futurist artist, musician and theorist. Kulbin first trained as medical doctor at the Imperial Military Medical Institute, graduating in 1893. He then became a lecturer at the Military Medical Attendants' School while also researching alcoholism.
Also recorded as Nikolay Kul'bin · Nikolai Ivanovich Kulbin · Nicolai Kulbin · Nikolaj Ivanovič Kulbin
Nikolay Kulbin
Русская футуристическая книга. — М.: Книга. 1989 ISBN 5-212-0073-0 · Public domain
- Born
- 1868 · Helsinki.
- Died
- 1917 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Russia
- Occupation
- writer · university teacher · painter · composer · illustrator · photographer · graphic artist · scenographer
- Fields
- military medicine · visual arts · music · avant-garde
- Education
- S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Kulbin in 1909 Nikolai Ivanovich Kulbin (1868, Helsinki – 6 March 1917, Petrograd) was a Russian Futurist artist, musician and theorist. Kulbin first trained as medical doctor at the Imperial Military Medical Institute, graduating in 1893. He then became a lecturer at the Military Medical Attendants' School while also researching alcoholism.
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He became an active artist and set designer. From 1913 to 1914 gave lectures on Futurism.
Nikolay Kulbin studied at S. Kirov Military Medical Academy. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is military medicine, visual arts and music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg. Employment is recorded with S. Kirov Military Medical Academy. Work by Nikolay Kulbin is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Russian Museum, Art Culture Museum Petrograd and Museum Ludwig.
• Illustration — Painter, 1916 • Illustration — Taking the Sun, 1916 • Illustration — Sea View
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