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Alexander ( Oleksandr) Khvostenko-Khvostov (1895-1967) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist (Constructivist), stage designer.He was born in Borisovka. From 1907 to 1917 Alexander studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MUZHZV).In 1917 he became the member of the Moscow Professional Union of Artists in Moscow together with Kazimir Malevich, Aleksandra Ekster, Vadim Meller and Vladimir Tatlin. From 1918 to 1919 he studied in the studio of Aleksandra Ekster in Kyiv, Ukraine. From 1920 to 1921 he designed for posters and advertising boards. After 1920 - numerous designs for ballets and operas, in Kharkiv and Kyiv, mainly in Constructivism.In 1926 he cooperated in the production of Prokofiev's Love for the three Oranges (one of his most experimental projects that was not performed) in Kharkov. In 1927 he participated in All-Ukrainian Exhibition Ten Years October together with Bogomazov, Meller, Tatlin, Palmov, Petritskiy, Epshtein. Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov died in Kyiv.
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