Solomon Borisovich Nikritin

Original canvas. There is some light surface dirt. There are stretcher marks to the edges resulting in paint loss along the upper edge. There is paint loss in the top right corner and small areas of paint loss and surface scratches elsewhere. There are patches of marked paint shrinkage to the left and right edges. There is a curved line of cracking in the left half with a small hole in the top left. There is a dent near the top right corner and another on the lower edge stretcher mark. Some pigments in the lower section and top left fluoresce under UV light. Held in a white painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Solomon Borisovich Nikritin began his artistic career in 1909 at the Kiev School of Art. He was taught by Leonid Pasternak in Petrograd and Alexander Yakovlev in Moscow. In 1917 he returned to Kiev and studied in Alexandra Exter's studio and worked as a decorator for the Revolutionary celebrations  for the city of Kiev. In 1919 Nikritin was one of the founders of the Jewish Cultural League. From 1920 to 1922 he completed his artistic educations at the VKhuTeMas in Moscow. In 1921, together with Redko, Plaskin and Tyshler, Nikritin was one of the founding members of the Electroorganism group. The members of the group all shared the conviction that art could derive important inspiration from the world of science, exploration and spatial discovery. In 1924, Nikritin participated in The First Discussion Exhibition of the Association of Active Revolutionary Art as a member of the Projectionists group where he exhibited a series of sketches, photos and volume constructions.