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Jan 16, 1890 Cēsis, Cēsis Municipality, Latvia Died on 18 Oct 1929 (aged 39)
Latvian artist (1890-1929)
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About Karlis Johansons
- Karl Johansson was a Latvian-Soviet avant-garde artist born on January 16, 1890, in Cesis, Latvia, as "Karlis Johansons" in his native Latvian (in Russian as "Karl Voldemarovich Ioganson" (???? ????????????? ????????) or in German as "Karl Ioganson") and he died on October 18, 1929, in Moscow, USSR. In 1914 he joined the "Green Flower" (in Latvian: "Zala puke", in Russian: "??????? ??????") association of avant-garde artists (besides Johansons, there were also Aleksandrs Drevinš, Voldemars Tone (lv) and Konrads Ubans.
- Through the era of the Russian Revolution he lived in Moscow where he was involved in the Russian constructivist movement.
- In 1921, "self-tensile constructions" were exhibited, which became globally known as "tensegrity" in the 1950s as the topical concept was popularized by Buckminster Fuller and sculptor Kenneth Snelson's work.
