Sketch of the decoration to the performance Hello, on the wave 477 1929

Vadym Meller (or Vadim Meller, 1884–1962) was a Ukrainian-Russian Soviet painter, avant-garde artist (Cubist, Constructivist), theatrical designer, book illustrator and architect. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (636x921, 126 KB) Summary V. Meller (1884-1962) Sketch of the decoration to the performance Hello, on the wave 477 1929 Pencil, ink, water-colour on paper 44 x 30,5 Downloaded from http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (636x921, 126 KB) Summary V. Meller (1884-1962) Sketch of the decoration to the performance Hello, on the wave 477 1929 Pencil, ink, water-colour on paper 44 x 30,5 Downloaded from http://www. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionised European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... Tatlin Tower. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... Designer is a broad term for a person who designs any of a variety of things. ... A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University A Chinese bamboo book, in a collection at the University of California, Riverside. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Meller was born in Saint-Petersburg. He was the second son of a top official in the Ministry of Justice in the Russian Empire. His father George Meller was a noble-born Swede, his mother Helena Caruso, half-Italian-half-Greek, was also from a noble family. From 1903 to 1908 he was the student of Kiev University. In 1905 Vadim Meller visited Geneva, Switzerland where he was taking art lessons in private school of Franz Roubaud. In 1908 with recommendation of Roubaud he continued his education in private art school of Drawing and Painting of Heinrich Knirr in Munich, Germany. After graduating from the Kiev University with a degree in law, he acquired artistic education in the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (from 1908 to 1912). Nickname Piter Location Position of Saint Petersburg in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia North West Russia Federal City Governor Valentina Matviyenko Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,439 km² Population  - City (2002)    - Density 4,661,219 (2002 Census)   3330/km² Coordinates Elevation 3 m Time zone - Summer (DST) MSK (UTC... The Justice Minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... Anthem: God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Saint Petersburg Language(s) Russian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721-1725 Peter the Great (first)  - 1894-1917 Nicholas II (last) History  - Established 22 October, 1721  - February Revolution 2 April, 1917 Area  - 1897 22,400,000 km2 8,648,688 sq... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Hunters a cool hobo For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). ... Franz Alekseevitch Roubaud was a Russian painter. ... Adolf Hitler by Knirr. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: ). Munich is Germanys third largest city and one of Europes most prosperous. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: ). Munich is Germanys third largest city and one of Europes most prosperous. ... Academy of Fine Arts may mean: Academy of Fine Arts (Finland) (Finland), an institution of higher education, located in Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Cologne (Germany) Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent (Belgium) Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana (Slovenia) (Akademija za likovno umetnost) (ALU) Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (Italy) Academy...

Meller was in close contact with Der Blaue Reiter group. In this time he met Wassily Kandinsky with whom he became friends. He started to exhibit his works after he had moved to Paris, where he joined the Société des Artistes Indépendants. Meller was also a student of Antoine Bourdelle. Cover of Der Blaue Reiter almanac. ... Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16 [O.S. December 4] 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Société des Artistes Indépendants formed in Paris on July 19, 1884 when artists wanted to show art to the public which the official (Académie de peinture et de sculpture) salon jury rejected. ... Antoine Bourdelle (October 30, 1861 _ October 1, 1929) was a French sculptor and teacher. ...

In 1912-1914 together with Kazimir Malevich, Sonia Delaunay, Alexander Archipenko, Aleksandra Ekster he participated in exhibitions: Salon des Indépendants, Spring Salon, and Salon D' Automne along side Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and André Derain. Self-portrait, 1933 (detail) Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russian: , Polish: , Ukrainian transliteration Malevych, German: ), (February 23, 1879 – May 15, 1935) was a painter and art theoretician, pioneer of geometric abstract art and one of the most important members of the Russian avant-garde. ... Sonia Delaunay (née Terk) (1885–1979) was a Ukrainian painter, born in Odessa, Ukraine, as Sonia Terk to a Jewish family. ... Alexander Porfiryevich Archipenko (1887 - 1964) was a U.S. (Russian-born) sculptor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Salon des Indépendants is an exhibition of art held annually since 1884 in Paris, France. ... Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Violin and Candlestick, Paris, spring 1910, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Georges Braque (May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963) was a French painter and sculptor who, with Pablo Picasso, developed cubism and became one of the major figures of twentieth-century art. ... Charing Cross Bridge, London (1906) André Derain (June 10, 1880 - September 8, 1954) was a French painter and a illustrator. ...

After returning to Kiev in 1917, he worked at easel and monumental painting, graphic design, and costume design. His transition to scenography as the main field of artistic activity took place in the first post-revolutionary years. Location Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Two examples of H-frame easels. ... The Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti, better known as El Monumental or River Plate Stadium, is a stadium in the Núñez district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Saul Basss poster for the film The Man with the Golden Arm - a highly regarded work of graphic design. ... Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater or cinema performance. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Scenographer. ...

From 1918-1921 , he worked with scenographer and dancer Bronislava Nijinska (Vaslav Nijinsky's sister) in her ballet studio. A scenographer develops the appearance of a stage design, a TV or movie set, a gaming environment, a trade fair exhibition design or a museum experience exhibition design. ... Bronislava Nijinska (January 8, 1891 - February 21, 1972) was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent, also known as Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya; in Polish language: Bronisława Niżyńska. ... Vaslav Nijinsky as Vayou in Nikolai Legats revival of Marius Petipas The Talisman, St. ... Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ...

In 1922 Les Kurbas invited Meller to the recently founded Berezil theater. Les Kurbas in the early 1920s Les Kurbas (Ukrainian: , Oleksandr Stepanovych Kurbas, 1887–1937) is considered by many to be the most important Ukrainian theater director of the twentieth century. ...

In 1925 Meller participated in Exposition Internationale des Modernes in Paris where he was awarded a gold medal for the interior design of the Berezil theater. In 1925 Vadim Meller participated in the International Theater Exposition in New York. Meller became the leader of Constructivism in Ukrainian theater design. He worked there as a chief artist till 1945. From 1925 he also taught at the Kiev Art Academy (KKHI) together with Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Bogomazov. In the same year he became the member of the union of artists Association of the Revolutionary Masters of Ukraine together with David Burliuk ( co-founder), Alexander Bogomazov (co-founder), Vasiliy Yermilov, Victor Palmov and Khvostenko-Khvostov. The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts) was a World fair held in Paris, France in 1925. ... Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ... NY redirects here. ... Tatlin Tower. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, is used as both a noun and a verb. ... KKHIs AM radio transmitter building in 1976 KKHI was a classical music station in San Francisco, California operating on both AM (at 1550 kHz) and FM (at 97. ... Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (Владимир Евграфович Татлин) (December 28, 1885 (OS: December 16) – May 31, 1953) worked as a painter and architect. ... Alexander or Oleksandr Bogomazov (1880-1930) - Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubo-Futurist) and modern art theoretician. ... David Burliuk Revolution, 1917 David or Davyd Burliuk (July 21, 1882–January 15, 1967) was a Ukrainian- Russian avant-garde artist (Futurist, Neo-Primitivist), book illustrator, publicist, and author associated with Russian Futurism. ... Yermilov Vasiliy or Vasyl (1894-1967) -Ukrainian painter, Avant-garde artist (Cubist, Constructivist, Neo-Primitivist), designer. ... Victor Palmov (1888-1929) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist: a Futurist and Neo-primitivist. ... Alexander ( Oleksandr) Khvostenko-Khvostov (1895-1967) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist (Constructivist), stage designer. ...

Meller worked as an acting director of the Monumental Painting and Sculpture Institute of the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR (1946–1948), a chief artist of the Kiev Music Comedy Theater (1948 - 1953) and a chief artist of the Iv. Franko Kiev Academic Theater (1953–1959). He was married to Nina Genke. State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... Nina Genke-Meller, or Nina Henke-Meller, (1893 - 1954) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, (Suprematist), designer, graphic artist and scenographer. ...

Vadym Meller died in Kiev.

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References and external links

• Vadym Meller's Expressive Constructivism, Olga Petrova, pp.5-32, Catalog, an Exhibition Avant-Garde Adventures , National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU), 2004, Kiev, Ukraine.
• Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Vadym Meller