Mikhailo Andriinko-Nechytailo (Ukrainian, 1894-1982)

Mikhailo Andriinko-Nechytailo (also Mikhail Andreenko and Michel Andreenko) was a Ukrainian painter, decorator, and writer. He studied at the Art School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts alongside Arkady Rylov, Nicholas Roerich, and  Ivan Bilibin.

In 1925 Andreenko settled in Paris, where he worked for the theatre production of Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In the 1920s he turned to Constructivism. In the 1940s he returned, for a brief period, to the artistic tradition of École de Paris, painting landscapes and street scenes. In the late 1950s, Mikhail Andreenko returned to Constructivism once again, experimenting with incorporating ‘non-artistic’ elements into his paintings.

Constructivist Space (1922) is a very early example of the influence of constructivism on Andreenko's work and is in the collection of Tate, London. Another work of the same period is held in the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.