1918
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
Χωρίς τίτλο is a 1918 by Ivan Kliun, held at Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
This drawing shows sharp black lines on white paper. They form geometric shapes that almost look like buildings or machines. The lines are crisp and precise. They copy a style from a 1918 art manifesto called Purism. Purism wanted art to be clean and orderly, not messy or emotional. See how the artist uses cross-hatching to build shadows. It’s a trick where parallel lines make dark areas. Look up Kliun, Ivan (1873–1943).
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, or Klyun, born Klyunkov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Клюн; 1 September 1873, in Bolshiye Gorky, Petushinsky District – 13 December 1943, in Moscow) was a Russian Avant-Garde painter, sculptor and…
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