660. David Burliuk (Russian/American, 1882-1967), “Oil Factory”, c. 1940; oil/wood, 7.5" x 12", signed. Highly important exponent of Russian modernism. Burliuk studied at the Kazan School of Fine Arts, as well as in Moscow, Munich, and in Paris, at the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Burliuk was a radical, and he was expelled from the Moscow Institute in 1911 for his philosophy. He and other futurists began a public campaign of giving lectures and producing journals and films, which were controversial. In 1913, he appeared in the street, with “I Burliuk” painted on his forehead, reciting poetry. He left Russia and arrived in the U.S. in 1922. 2000-3000
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