Nathan Isaevich Altman Russian: Натан Исаевич Альтман, romanized: Natan Isayevich Altman; Ukrainian: Натан Ісайович Альтман; December 22 [O.S. December 10] 1889 – December 12, 1970) was a Russian avant-garde artist, Cubist painter, stage designer and book illustrator, who was born in Ukraine in the Russian Empire and worked in France and the Soviet Union.[1]