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Nikolai Kulbin

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Kulbin in 1909

Nikolai Ivanovich Kulbin (Russian: Николай Иванович Кульбин; 1868, Helsinki – 6 March 1917, Petrograd) was a Futurist artist, musician and theorist. He was from the Russian Empire.[1]

Kulbin first trained as medical doctor at the Imperial Military Medical Institute, graduating in 1893. He then became a lecturer at the Military Medical Attendants' School while also researching alcoholism.[1]

He became an active artist and set designer. From 1913 to 1914 gave lectures on Futurism.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Howard, Jeremy (1996). The Union of Youth: An Artists' Society of the Russian Avant-garde. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 226.