Artist: Alexander Archipenko (1887 - 1964)
Nationality: Russian
Movement: Cubism
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Born in Moscow, Alexander Archipenko moved to Paris in 1908 where he first encountered the Cubist movement through his interaction with Leger. He soon adopted the movement’s style, becoming one of its leading sculptors. His reputation grew in France and across Europe, notably Germany before World War I interrupted his career. In 1921, he re-entered the art scene with a successful solo exhibition in the United States. Archipenko spent the following two years in Berlin before moving to the United States, gaining citizenship in 1928. He taught across the country, but mainly in New York City where he ran a sculpture school from 1939 until his death in 1964.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Alexander Archipenko, Two Nudes, 1921
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Alexander Archipenko, Coquette, 20th century
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Alexander Archipenko, Still Life with Alarm Clock, 1920
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Alexander Archipenko - The Boxers 1914 bronze Milwaukee Art Museum Russian
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Alexander Archipenko - Reclining Torso 1922 black-glazed ceramic The Art Institute of Chicago Ukrainian
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Alexander Archipenko - Blue Dancer 1913-1918 bronze, blue patina North Carolina Museum of Art American
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Alexander Archipenko - Woman Combing Her Hair 1915-1958 bronze National Gallery of Art French
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Alexander Archipenko - Woman Combing Her Hair 1915 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Ukrainian
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Cosmo Alexander - Alexander Grant 1770 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago
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Jean Audran, From the Battles of Alexander the Great: Alexander attacking Perseus, 17th - 18th century
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John White Alexander - Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Bernardo Rosselli - The Triumph of Alexander c. 1485 tempera and gilding Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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George Romney - Mrs. Alexander Blair 1787-1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Edgar Degas - Alexander and Bucephalus 1861-1862 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Anonymous , Portrait of Alexander von Fielitz, composer, 1913
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of Alexander Reid c. 1887 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma Dutch
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Mary Cassatt - Alexander J. Cassatt c. 1880 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Henry Raeburn - Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Possil 18-19th century oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Scottish
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Charles-Andre Van Loo - The Victory of Alexander of Porus c. 1738 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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James McNeill Whistler - Alexander Arnold Hannay c. 1896 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Alexander Calder, Papillon, 1975
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Robert Feke - Captain Alexander Graydon c. 1746 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Alexander Home c. 1810 oil on canvas Brooks Museum Scottish
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Alexander Brook, Supine, 1934
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Alexander Calder, Lollipops, 1976
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Martha Alexander, Girl"s Head, 1949
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Alexander Schilling , The Plowed Field, 1906
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Donato Creti - Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father 1700-1705 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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William Hamilton - Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children 1834 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Alexander the Great with the Women of Darius 1750-53 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Henry Alexander, The First Lesson (The Taxidermist), 1885
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Joesph Blackburn - Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant) 1754 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Frederic Porter Vinton, American, 1846-1911 Alexander Moseley 1880"s Oil on canvas 133.03 x 107 cm
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Alexander Runciman, Fingal, 18th century
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Alexander Runciman, Musidora (?), 18th century
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Alexander Gardner, Lewis Powell (Alias Payne), Conspirator, Seated and Manacled, April, 1865 from the book, The Album of the Lincoln Conspiracy (Washington: Alexander Gardner, 1866), 1865
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Henry Alexander, My Sister Rae, circa 1880
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Henry Alexander, Three Musicians with Dog, 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Corcoran: At the Edge: A Portuguese Futurist, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso lived in Paris between 1906 and 1915, becoming friends with artists such as Modigliani, Gris, Brancusi, Archipenko and Boccio...
National Museum of Fine Arts: From Picasso to Keith Haring
The artworks, mostly donated by collectors and artists before and after the Revolution, includes a room dedicated to the US art from the Reagan era, which were donated in 1984 by 50 american artists. It contains among others, an outstanding piece ...

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