Victor Palmov
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Victor Palmov (1888-1929) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist ( Futurist and Neo-primitivist).
Palmov was born in Samara. He was from the David Burliuk circle. In 1911- 1914 he studied at the Moscow School for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MUZHZV).
In 1920-1921 he together with D.Burliuk travelled in Japan. In 1923-1924 Palmov was associated with the Moscow magazine Left Front of the Arts (LEF) - organ of the Constructivists and Formalists. 1925-1929 Palmov teaches at the Kiev Art Academy (KKHI) together with Bogomazov, Meller and Tatlin.
He was the founder of the Cvetopisy or Tsv'etopisi (Colour paintings). In 1925 he became the member of the Association of Revolutionary Masters of Ukraine (ARMU) together with David Burliuk, Vadym Meller, Vasiliy Yermilov, Alexander Bogomazov and Khvostenko-Khvostov.
In 1927 he was the co-founder of the Contemporary Ukrainian Artists Union (OSMU) together with Khvostenko-Khvostov, Mark Epshtein and Anatol Petritskiy. From 1925 to 1929 he taught at the Kiev Art Academy (KKHI) together with Bogomasov, Meller and Vladimir Tatlin. Victor Palmov died in Kiev.
