ARTIST

Alexander Rodchenko

1891–1956 · Russian Empire

Revolutionary Russian artist who shot Moscow from radical angles and designed Aeroflot's hammer-and-sickle logo.

ABOUT

Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1891 – 3 December 1956) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design; he was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova. Rodchenko was one of the most versatile constructivist and productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. He worked as a painter and graphic des…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Non-Objective Painting no. 80 (Black on Black) 1918 · Museum of Modern Art Composition 1918 · Art Gallery of New South Wales Red and Yellow 1918 · Russian Museum Black on Black 1918 · Museum Ludwig Untitled 1919 · National Gallery of Art Composition 1919 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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