About
Ukrainian illustrator associated with the Russian Futurism movement and known for "Dokhlaya Luna" from 1914 and other works. He was called the father of Russian Futurism.
Before Fame
He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and at the Moscow School of Painting. He joined the Jack of Diamonds group in 1910 and began focusing on poetry after 1911.
Trivia
He published the book, "The Support of the Muses," in the spring of 1915.
Family Life
His family was of Ukrainian Cossack ancestry. His brother was famed artist Volodymyr (Wladimir) Burliuk. His wife Marussia was one of his portrait models.
Associated With
He admired the Impressionist paintings of Claude Monet.
