Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov

Alexander (Oleksandr) Khvostenko-Khvostov (Ukrainian: Олександр Веніамінович Хвостенко-Хвостов; April 4, 1895 – February 16, 1967) was a Russian/Ukrainian/Soviet avant-garde artist (Constructivist), and stage designer.

From 1907 to 1917 Alexander studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MUZHZV).

After 1920 he made numerous designs for ballets and operas in Kharkiv and Kiev, mainly in the Constructivist style.

In 1926 he cooperated in the production of Prokofiev's Love for the three Oranges (one of his most experimental projects that was not performed) in Kharkiv.

In 1927 he participated in the All-Ukrainian Exhibition Ten Years October together with Alexander Bogomazov, Vadym Meller, Vladimir Tatlin, Victor Palmov, Anatol Petrytsky, Mark Epshtein.