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Vasyl Yermylov

Василь Єрмилов

1894–1968 · Kharkiv

Cubo-Futurism Constructivism

Central figure of Kharkiv Constructivism; developed a distinctive constructivist collage and typographic style; co-founded the Kharkiv Technical Art Institute (1922).

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Born: 1894, Kharkiv
Died: 1968
Movements: Cubo-Futurism Constructivism

Art Movements

1908–1920s

Cubo-Futurism

A fusion of Cubist faceting with Futurist dynamism given a distinct Ukrainian inflection in Kyiv by Oleksandra Ekster and Oleksandr Bohomazov, whose 1914 treatise set out its theory.

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Geometric, materials-driven art applied to design, typography, book covers and stage sets. Kharkiv, led by Vasyl Yermylov, was the centre of Ukrainian Constructivism; Meller and Petrytskyi brought it to the avant-garde stage.

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Works by Vasyl Yermylov

1914

Bulka (Bread Roll)

1929

Cover for 'Avant-Garde'

Yermylov's Constructivist cover design for the Kyiv avant-garde journal Avant-Garde.

1933

Cover of the Literary-Artistic Magazine

A Constructivist magazine cover with a geometric typographic composition.