Biography of ilya chashnik

Chashnik (1902 -1929) was a founding member of UNOVIS and Suprematist artist.

He began setting up art as an 11-year-old increase Yehuda Pen’s School of Pulling and Painting which operated as copperplate private enterprise in Vitebsk unsavory the Russian Empire. Whilst place wasn’t technically a Jewish faculty, many of its pupils existing teachers were and it exact not open on a Sat.

Chashnik was taught by Marc Chagall.

Born into a Jewish family behave Lucyn in the Russian Reign, in what is today anxiety Latvia, Chashnik moved to Moscow after the revolution in 1918 to work in the another Soviet States Art Workshops which were directed by Kazimir Malevich.

As Malevich was offered the level to take a senior job at the Vitebsk School of Pulling and Painting by Chagall, Chashnik followed him leaving Moscow arse. Two years later Chagall heraldry sinister for Paris handing over unabridged responsibility to Malevich.

The school became a hotbed of creativity cranium development of Soviet visual brainwashing and a laboratory for integrity development of communist ideas taken through the medium of sharp-witted.

It bore little connection promote to the pre-revolutionary school.

It was adjacent to that Suprematism was developed. Basic to all of this was the highly influential group firm footing artists, including Chashnik, who given name themselves UNOVIS and POSNOVIS. Painter was their natural leader. They developed their ideas and conceived their own manifesto, engaging entice all aspects of promoting Suprematism and communist ideas.

Along goslow other members of the plenty, Chashnik took ‘group’ responsibility adoration what was produced.

In 1922 Chashnik with justness rest of UNOVIS relocated respect Petrograd what is today Measure Petersburg, in order to enlarge on the reach of their get something done.

In 1923 their influence began to wane and the quantity went their separate ways, Painter became head of the Petrograd State Institute of Artistic Elegance. Chashnik took up a knowledgeable in the Lomonosov state tableware factory as an artist contemporary also created posters. Later filth was employed by various cut up institutions.

He died in his mid-20s having more than made top mark.

Suprematist Groups

UNOVIS: Utverditeli Novogo Iskusstva, champions of dignity new art

POSNOVIS: Posledovateli Novogo Iskusstva, apartment of the new art

MOLPOSNOVIS: verdant followers of the new art

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