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Alexander Rodchenko
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Russian artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (1891—1955)
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Alexander Rodchenko was a Russian painter, photographer, sculptor, and architect associated with the Constructivism, cubism, and Suprematism movements. Born in Saint Petersburg, he worked in Paris, Kazan, and Moscow. His artistic output included abstract art, portraits, geometric abstraction, and genre art, with a specific focus on photography, visual arts, and the avant-garde. He was married to Varvara Stepanova.
Rodchenko’s works are held in collections including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. He was buried in the Donskoe cemetery in Moscow. His citizenship included the Russian Empire, the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Soviet Union, and Russia.
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Key facts
- Born
- Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko , ( 1891-12-05 ) 5 December 1891, Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
- Died
- 3 December 1956 (1956-12-03) (aged 64), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Known for
- Painting, photography
- Notable work
- Books-Poster (1924)
- Movement
- Constructivism
- Spouse
- Varvara Stepanova
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Varvara Stepanova
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Field of work
- graphics
- Genre
- landscape painting
- Movement
- Suprematism
- Image
- 1935-alexander rodschenko.jpg
- Work location
- Moscow
- Political ideology
- communism
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- Commons category
- Alexander Rodchenko
- date of birth
- 1891-12-05
- date of death
- 1956-01-01
- name in native language
- Александр Михайлович Родченкo
- place of burial
- Donskoe cemetery
- Commons Creator page
- Alexander Rodchenko
- ethnic group
- Russians
- described at URL
- www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-alexander-rodchenko
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Encyclopedic overview
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 designer before turning to photomontage and photography. His photography was socially engaged, formally innovative, and opposed to a painterly aesthetic. Concerned with the need for analytical-documentary photo series, he often shot his subjects from odd angles—usually high above or down below—to shock the viewer and to postpone recognition. He wrote: "One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again."
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