The Resurrection of the Registration Clerk (2)

Solomon Borisovich Nikritin (Salmon Solomon Levi) (Chernigov, Ukraine, December 23rd, 1898-Moscow, December 3rd, 1965) attended the School of Fine Arts in Kiev(1909-1914). During the years 1914 - 1917 he was a student of Leonid Pasternak in Moscow and later of Aleksandr Jakovlev in 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 and later the “Electroorganism” 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 Discussional 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 Riasan. In the 1930s and 1940s he designed museum and exhibition interiors and continued painting based on his theory of dialectical realism.