Standing Nude

1908

Moves to Paris

In 1908 Archipenko moved to Paris, leaving the Russian Empire permanently.

1908 · Utbildning

Beaux-Arts de Paris

1908–1914

Life in the La Ruche artists’ colony

From 1908 to 1914 Archipenko lived in the international artists’ colony La Ruche in Paris. Among its residents were émigré Ukrainian artists: Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Sonia Delaunay-Terk and Nathan Altman.

1910

Exhibits at the Salon des Indépendants

In 1910 Archipenko exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants together with Aleksandra Exter, Kazimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, André Derain and others.

1910–1911

Cubism in three dimensions: the Salons of 1910–1911

Together with the French-Hungarian sculptor Joseph Csaky, Archipenko exhibited at the first public manifestations of Cubism in Paris — the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne of 1910 and 1911 — becoming, after Pablo Picasso, the first to employ the Cubist style in three dimensions.

1912

First solo exhibition in Hagen

In 1912 Archipenko’s first solo exhibition was held at the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen, Germany.