Ukrainian avant-garde

Since it originated when Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire, Ukrainian avant-garde has been commonly lumped by critics into the Russian avant-garde movement. The first formal Ukrainian artistic group to call itself "Avangarde" (Avant-garde) was founded in Kharkiv in 1925. The term, "Ukrainian Avant-Garde", concerning painting and sculpture during Soviet censorship, was used during discussion at Tatlin's dream exhibition. Curated by Parisian art historian Andréi Nakov, in London, 1973, the exhibition showcased works of Ukrainian artists Vasyl Yermylov and Alexander Bogomazov. The first international avant-garde exhibitions in Ukraine, which included French, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian artists, were presented in Odesa and Kyiv at the Izdebsky Salon; the pieces were later exhibited in St. Petersburg and Riga. The cover of "Izdebsky Salon 2" (1910–11) contained abstract work by Wassily Kandinsky.

• Illustration — Vasyl Yermylov cover of "Avangarde" magazine, 1929 • Illustration — Ukrainian avant-garde painting The Overthrow of the Autocracy • 1908: Exhibition "Zveno" in Kyiv; works by Alexandra Exter, David Burliuk, Vladimir Burliuk, Yevgeny Agafonov, and Volodymyr Denisov. • 1909: "Blue Lily" at Kharkiv; works by Eugene Agafonov, Maria Sinyakova, and Vasyl Yermilov. • 1910: Exhibition "Salon Izdebsky 2" at Odesa and Kyiv; works by Alexandra Exter, David and Vladimir Burliuk, and Wassily Kandinsky, alongside pieces by Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, Maurice Denis, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, and Paul Signac. • 1910: "Hylaea", a Ukrainian-Russian association of Futurist poets, is founded in Chornianka, Kahovsky region, South of Ukraine. Members include David and Vladimir Burliuk, V. Kamensky, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Benedikt Livshits, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Velimir Khlebnikov, and others. • 1913: Mykhaylo Semenko in Kyiv founds the Ukrainian futurist group "Quero". • 1914: Aleksandra Ekster – together with her fellow-Ukrainians Archipenko, Vladimir Baranov-Rossiné, Kazimir Malevich, Vadym Meller and the Burliuk brothers, exhibit at the Société des Artistes Indépendants in Paris and, alongside Archipenko, take part in the Esposizione Libera Futurista Internazionale in Rome. • 1914: Aleksandra Ekster and Alexander Bogomazov found the group of Cubo-Futurists artists named "Koltso" in Kyiv. • 1917: Artistic group "Union of Seven" is founded in Kharkiv; members included Boris Kosarev, Georgy Tsapok, Volodymyr Bobrytsky, and Nikolai Kalmykov. • 1924: Kyiv Art Institute (KHI); professors included Alexander Bogomazov, Vadym Meller, Victor Palmov, Kazimir Malevich, and Vladimir Tatlin. • 1925: Artistic association and magazine "Avangarde" at Kharkiv, founded by Valerian Polishchuk and Vasyl Yermilov. • 1925: Association of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine (ARMU) founded in Kyiv; members include Mykhailo Boychuk, Alexander Bogomazov, Victor Palmov, Vasyl Yermilov and Vadym Meller. • 1927: The Union of Modern Artists of Ukraine (OSMU) is founded in Kyiv; Victor Palmov, Anatol Petrytsky, and Pavel Golubyitnikov are involved. • 1927: Artistic association and the magazine "New Generation" is founded in Kharkiv by M. Semenko, Nina Genke-Meller, Vadym Meller, Anatol Petrytsky, and Geo Shkarupii.

• Alexander Dovzhenko

• Yevgeny Agafonov • Alexander Bogomazov • Aleksandra Ekster • Mykhailo Boychuk • Vladimir Burliuk • David Burliuk • Mykola Hlushchenko • Sonia Delaunay • Oleksandr Hnylytskyi • Kazimir Malevich • Abraham A. Manievich • Vadym Meller • Victor Palmov • Oksana Pavlenko • Kostiantyn Piskorskyi • Vasily Sedlyar • Manuil Shechtman • Maria Sinyakova • Vladimir Tatlin • Vasyl Yermylov • Nina Genke-Meller

• Alexander Archipenko • Ivan Kavaleridze • Petro Mitkovicer

• Boris Balaban • Les Kurbas • Faust Lopatynsky • Volodymyr Sklyarenko • Mark Tereshchenko • Januariy Bortnik

• Aleksandra Ekster • Vadym Meller • Anatol Petrytsky • Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov • Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo

• Pavlo Alyoshin • Mark Felger • Joseph Karakis • Samuil Kravets • Vasyl Krychevsky • Valerian Rykov • Sergei Serafimov

• Borys Lyatoshynsky • Zinoviy Lysko • Stefania Turkewich