1. David Davidovich Burliuk was a Russian poet, artist and publicist of Ukrainian origin associated with the Futurist and Neo-Primitivist movements.
16 Facts About David Burliuk
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David Burliuk was born on 21 July 1882 in the village of Riabushky in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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David Burliuk's family was artistically inclined; two of his brothers were talented artists as well, Nikolai and Volodimir David Burliuk.
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In 1909, David Burliuk painted a portrait of his future wife, Marussia, on a background of flowers and rocks on the Crimean coast.
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David Burliuk contributed an article to the Blaue Reiter Almanac.
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In December 1912, David Burliuk was co-author and one of the many signatories of the manifesto A Slap in the Face of Public Taste with the other members of Hylaea, one of the major manifestoes of Russian Futurism, a movement of Russian poets and artists who adopted the principles of Filippo Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto".
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In 1916, his brother Wladimir David Burliuk was drafted into military service, and in 1917 was killed in World War I in Saloniki.
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The next year, following the downfall of anarchism, David Burliuk fled Russia and began his journey to the United States, a process that took him through Siberia, Japan, and Canada which was not complete until 1922.
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David Burliuk kept in contact with his fellow Futurists in Russia, and, despite not knowing a word of English, managed to befriend artist and patron Katherine Dreier, establishing himself among the artists of that country.
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In 1924 David Burliuk published two Radio-style manifestos detailing a utopian art that would transcend space-time and aid in humanity's pursuit of knowledge and perfection.
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David Burliuk was a regular contributor to the Russian Voice newspaper.
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David Burliuk published his collections, brochures, and magazines together with his wife Maria Nikiforovna, and through friends he distributed these publications mainly within the USSR.
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In 1925, David Burliuk was a co-founder of the Association of Revolutionary Masters of Ukraine with the members Alexander Bogomazov, Vasiliy Yermilov, Vadym Meller, Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov, and Palmov Victor.
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In 1940, David Burliuk petitioned the Soviet government for a request to visit his homeland.
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David Burliuk was allowed to visit the Soviet Union only in 1956 and 1965.
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David Burliuk lived in Hampton Bays on Long Island for approximately 20 years until he died at Southampton Hospital in Southampton, New York.