Alexander Archipenko Drawings. One of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century Kiev-born artist Alexander Archipenko 18871964 played a central role in the emergence of Modernism. An early sculpture by Archipenko Le Repos depicts a voluptuous reclining female nude twisting languidly with one arm positioned over her head.
Courtesy of Der Sturm. Twenty Facsimile Reproductions after Paintings Drawings and Engravings and Ten Photographs after Sculpture by Contemporary Artists. The sensual cubist artworks of Alexander Archipenko.
Drawing influence from Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque Alexander Archipenko developed a sculptural form of Cubism using interlocking and overlapping solids and sculptural voids to show various views of the figure simultaneously.
Alexander Archipenko was a seminal influence in 20 th century avant-gardeavant-garde sculpture. He announced himself to the modern art world through a series of small-scale works that were the first to apply Cubist techniques to three-dimensional forms. Alexander Archipenko was a seminal influence in 20 th century avant-gardeavant-garde sculpture. In 1906 he continued his education in the arts at Serhiy Svetoslavsky Kyiv and later that year had an exhibition there with.
