| Vasyl Yermylov | |
| Birth Name: | Василь Дмитрович Єрмилов |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Kharkiv, Russian Empire |
| Death Date: | 6 January 1968 |
| Death Place: | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Known For: | painting, graphics |
| Movement: | Avant-garde |
Vasyl Dmytrovych Yermylov (Ukrainian: Василь Дмитрович Єрмилов, 1894–1968) was a Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist and designer.[1] [2] His genres included cubism, constructivism, and neo-primitivism. Yermylov was one of the founders on avantgarde in Ukraine.
Vasyl Yermylov was born on 22 March 1894 in the city of Kharkiv, the Russian Empire, now Ukraine. In 1910 he studied at the School for Applied Art in Kharkiv, and had lessons in the studio of Eduard Steinberg, having an interest in fresco painting and mosaic work. From 1911 to 1912 he was a member of the Golubaya Liliya (Blue Lily) in Kharkiv. Then he moved to Moscow to continue his studies.
In Moscow, Yermylov attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1912. In the same year he met Vladimir Mayakovsky and David Burliuk. In 1913, he attended the studios of Ilya Mashkov and Pyotr Konchalovsky in Moscow for training.
Subsequently, Yermylov returned to Kharkiv where in 1913–1914 he was a member of the group Budiak (Weed). In 1914, he resumed his studies at the School for Applied Art in Kharkiv and graduated with a Diploma in Decorative Painting. In 1918, Yermylov founded the group League of Seven, together with the artist Maria Siniakova, and exhibited with the group in the same year. In 1919, he furthermore founded the Industrial Teacher Workshop, also in Kharkiv.
Other sources have his date of death as 7 January 1968.
On March 22, 2012, the first center of modern art, named "Yermilov Center", opened in Kharkiv.[4]
In 2018, Ukrainian creative agency Banda created the Yermylov Bold typeface, which was used specifically in the Ukraine NOW brand. The author of the typeface was inspired by the works of Ukrainian constructivist artist Vasyl Yermylov.[5]