Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo (French ''Michel Andreenko'', also known as ''Mikhail Andriyenko-Nechitailo'' "''Mykhaylo Andreenko''", among other variations) (1894–1982) was a renowned Ukrainian, French, and Russian

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painter and

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. Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo was born in 1894 in Odesa Ukraine. In 1912–1917, he studied under Roerikh, Rylov, and Bilibin at the art school of the

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. In 1914–1916, he exhibited the composition ''Black Dome'' and his first cubist works in

. In 1914, he participated in an international graphics exhibition in

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. In 1917–1924, he devoted most of his time to designing stage sets for various theaters—in Saint Petersburg,

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, and for the Royal Opera in

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. In Paris, where he lived from 1923, he also worked on sets for the films Casanova and Sheherazade. He continued to paint in the cubist-constructivist style (e.g., ''Composition'' (1924), ''Construction'' 1924, or ''A Person'' 1926). In the 1930s, Andriienko-Nechytailo produced a series of surrealist paintings (e.g., ''A Fair Stall'' 1933). He switched to neorealism in the 1940s and painted a number of portraits as well as a series, the Cityscapes Disappearing Paris (such as ''Rue Carpeaux'' 1946, ''Rue Paul Barruel'' 1954, ''Rue Cambronne'' 1954, and ''Paysage du Cycle'' 1956). From 1958, he returned to constructivism and abstraction. Andriienko-Nechytailo's work is characterized by a precision of composition that harmonizes subtly with color. His stage sets are remarkable for their laconic quality and architectural schematism, and his costume designs for their richness. His paintings can be found in the City Museum of Modern Art and the Arsenal Library in Paris, the National Library in Vienna, the

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, the

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in New York, the

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, and Ukrainian émigré museums and private art collections.

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Short BiographyVolodymyr Sichynskyi. Andriienko. Lviv, 1934.Guy Dornand. Mikhail Andreenko. Pionnier et Mainteneur du Constructivisme. Paris, 1972.Andreenko. An exhibition of works: Oils and Gouaches
1894 births 1982 deaths Burials at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery 20th-century Ukrainian painters 20th-century Ukrainian male artists Ukrainian avant-garde 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Ukrainian male painters 20th-century Russian male artists {{Ukraine-painter-stub