About the artist

Solomon Borisovich Nikritin (SOLOMON (SELMAN) NIKRITIN) (Chernigov, Ukraine, December 23rd, 1898-Moscow, December 3rd, 1965) attended the School of Fine Arts in Kiev (1909-1914).

During 1915 he studied painting attending private studios and workshops in Moscow and Petrograd.

From 1918 till 1920 he studied at the studio of Aleksandra Ekster in Kiev, where he took an active part in the organization of the artistic branch of the “Jewish Cultural League”. He integrated his artistic education at the Higher State Art-Technical Studios (VKHUTEMAS) in Moscow (1920-1922).

In 1921, together with Aleksandr Labas, Sergei Luchishkin, Kliment Redko, Mikhail Plaksin and Aleksandr Tyshler he founded the “Projection” group, which held an exhibition at the Museum of Painterly Culture in Moscow (1922). His works were presented at the First Russian Art Exhibition (Berlin, “Galerie van Diemen”, 1922; Amsterdam, 1923). In 1922 he formed the Projectionists group called “Method”. He participated in the First Debating Exhibition of the Associations of Active Revolutionary Art in Moscow (1924) and signed the Projectionists group declaration in the catalogue.

In 1931 he joined the “IZOBRIGADA” group and from 1922 onwards he worked at the Museum of Painterly Culture, head of the Department of Analysis.

During the years 1922-1930 he taught at the School of Art Education in Riazan.

In the 1930s and 1940s he designed museum and exhibition interiors and continued painting based on his theory of dialectical realism.