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Alexander Rodchenko  -  The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko - The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Lily Brik, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7.5 x 9.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Lily Brik, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 7.5 x 9.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The Painter Alexander Schevchenko, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - The Painter Alexander Schevchenko, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Artist and Architect Alexander Vesnin, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Artist and Architect Alexander Vesnin, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Artist, Producer, and Publisher Alexei Gan, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7.25

Alexander Rodchenko - Artist, Producer, and Publisher Alexei Gan, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7.25

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Artist and Designer Liubov Popova, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.75x6.25

Alexander Rodchenko - Artist and Designer Liubov Popova, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.75x6.25

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The Critic, Osip Brik, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko - The Critic, Osip Brik, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Actor and Producer Vitaly Zhemchuzhny, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x6

Alexander Rodchenko - Actor and Producer Vitaly Zhemchuzhny, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x6

Alexander Rodchenko  -   Yevgenia Zhemchuzhnaya, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko - Yevgenia Zhemchuzhnaya, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 10 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The Sculptor Anton Lavinsky, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7.5x9.75

Alexander Rodchenko - The Sculptor Anton Lavinsky, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 7.5x9.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The writer Elsa Triolet (sister of Lily Brik), 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x6.5

Alexander Rodchenko - The writer Elsa Triolet (sister of Lily Brik), 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x6.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Documentary Film-maker Esther Schub, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x6.75

Alexander Rodchenko - Documentary Film-maker Esther Schub, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x6.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The Worker's Faculty Student, 1924 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - The Worker's Faculty Student, 1924

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Varvara Stepanova, 1925 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Varvara Stepanova, 1925

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  In the workshop of Rodchenko and Stepnova, 1925 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6.75x8.75

Alexander Rodchenko - In the workshop of Rodchenko and Stepnova, 1925

Silver Gelatin Print - 6.75x8.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The film-maker Lev Kuleshov, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko - The film-maker Lev Kuleshov, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The Poet Nikolai Aseev, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6x8.75

Alexander Rodchenko - The Poet Nikolai Aseev, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 6x8.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Varvara Stepanova, 1928 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Varvara Stepanova, 1928

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  The artist's mother at the table, 1928 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7x9.5

Alexander Rodchenko - The artist's mother at the table, 1928

Silver Gelatin Print - 7x9.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Vkhutemas Student Ivan Morozov, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Vkhutemas Student Ivan Morozov, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Vkhutemas Student Ivan Morozov, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x6

Alexander Rodchenko - Vkhutemas Student Ivan Morozov, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x6

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Driver, 1929 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6.5 x 8.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Driver, 1929

Silver Gelatin Print - 6.5 x 8.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Pioneer Girl, 1930 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.75 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko - Pioneer Girl, 1930

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.75 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Actress Julia Solntseva, Producer Alexander Dovzhenko, and Futurist-poet Alexei Kruchenykh, 1930 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6.5x8.75

Alexander Rodchenko - Actress Julia Solntseva, Producer Alexander Dovzhenko, and Futurist-poet Alexei Kruchenykh, 1930

Silver Gelatin Print - 6.5x8.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Professor Boris Schvetsov, 1931 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x6.25

Alexander Rodchenko - Professor Boris Schvetsov, 1931

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x6.25

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Photo-jounalist Vadim Kovrigin at the Moscow-Volga Canal, 1934 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.75x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Photo-jounalist Vadim Kovrigin at the Moscow-Volga Canal, 1934

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.75x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Photo-journalist Georgii Petrusov, 1934 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7x8.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Photo-journalist Georgii Petrusov, 1934

Silver Gelatin Print - 7x8.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Field Flowers, 1937 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Field Flowers, 1937

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Fire Escape, 1925 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10 x 6.75

Alexander Rodchenko - Fire Escape, 1925

Silver Gelatin Print - 10 x 6.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Balconies, 1925 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x5

Alexander Rodchenko - Balconies, 1925

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  House of Mosselprom, 1925 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - House of Mosselprom, 1925

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Columns of the Museum of the Revolution, Moscow, 1926 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x6.25

Alexander Rodchenko - Columns of the Museum of the Revolution, Moscow, 1926

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x6.25

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Samozveri (Auto-Animals), 1926 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Samozveri (Auto-Animals), 1926

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Boats on the Moscow River, 1926 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  8.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Boats on the Moscow River, 1926

Silver Gelatin Print - 8.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Pine Trees, Pushkino, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x6.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Pine Trees, Pushkino, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x6.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Briansk Railway Station, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Briansk Railway Station, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Cigarette Girl, Pushkinskaya Square, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7x9

Alexander Rodchenko - Cigarette Girl, Pushkinskaya Square, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 7x9

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Courrier Girl, 1928 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Courrier Girl, 1928

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Glass and Light, 1928 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko - Glass and Light, 1928

Silver Gelatin Print - 10 x 7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Courtyard, 1928 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Courtyard, 1928

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Gathering for a Demonstration, 1928 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7.5x9.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Gathering for a Demonstration, 1928

Silver Gelatin Print - 7.5x9.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Guard, Shukov Tower, 1927 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10 x 6.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Guard, Shukov Tower, 1927

Silver Gelatin Print - 10 x 6.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Gears, 1929 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  5.75 x 9.75

Alexander Rodchenko - Gears, 1929

Silver Gelatin Print - 5.75 x 9.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Pioneer with a Trumpet, 1930 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Pioneer with a Trumpet, 1930

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Turn of the Street Car Line, 1932 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7x8.5

Alexander Rodchenko - Turn of the Street Car Line, 1932

Silver Gelatin Print - 7x8.5

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Orchestra, White Sea Canal, 1933 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6.5x8.65

Alexander Rodchenko - Orchestra, White Sea Canal, 1933

Silver Gelatin Print - 6.5x8.65

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Ships in the Lock, 1933 / Silver Gelatin Print  -

Alexander Rodchenko - Ships in the Lock, 1933

Silver Gelatin Print -

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Girl with Leica, 1934 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Girl with Leica, 1934

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Diver, 1934 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x7

Alexander Rodchenko - Diver, 1934

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x7

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Athletes, 1934 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  9.5x.75

Alexander Rodchenko - Athletes, 1934

Silver Gelatin Print - 9.5x.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Horse Race, 1935 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6 x 8.75

Alexander Rodchenko - Horse Race, 1935

Silver Gelatin Print - 6 x 8.75

Alexander Rodchenko  -  'Dynamo' Sports Club, 1935 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  7 x 9

Alexander Rodchenko - 'Dynamo' Sports Club, 1935

Silver Gelatin Print - 7 x 9

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Gymnastics, 1936 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  6.25x9

Alexander Rodchenko - Gymnastics, 1936

Silver Gelatin Print - 6.25x9

Alexander Rodchenko  -  Male Pyramid, 1936 / Silver Gelatin Print  -  10x5

Alexander Rodchenko - Male Pyramid, 1936

Silver Gelatin Print - 10x5

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Alexander Rodchenko

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Alexander Rodchenko (1891 – 1956)
Rodchenko was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design. 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 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.”

Rodchenko was born in St. Petersburg to a working class family. His family moved to Kazan in 1909, after the death of his father, at which point he studied at the Kazan School of Art under Nikolai Feshin and Georgii Medvedev, and at the Stroganov Institute in Moscow. In 1921 he became a member of the Productivist group, which advocated the incorporation of art into everyday life. He gave up painting in order to concentrate on graphic design for posters, books, and films. He was deeply influenced by the ideas and practice of the filmmaker Dziga Vertov, with whom he worked intensively in 1922.

Impressed by the photomontage of the German Dadaists, Rodchenko began his own experiments in the medium, first employing found images in 1923, and from 1924 on shooting his own photographs as well. His first published photomontage illustrated Mayakovsky’s poem, “About This,” in 1923.

From 1923 to 1928 Rodchenko collaborated closely with Mayakovsky (of whom he took several striking portraits) on the design and layout of LEF and Novy LEF, the publications of Constructivist artists. Many of his photographs appeared in or were used as covers for these journals. His images eliminated unnecessary detail, emphasized dynamic diagonal composition, and were concerned with the placement and movement of objects in space.

Throughout the 1920s Rodchenko’s work was very abstract. In the 1930s, with the changing Party guidelines governing artistic practice, he concentrated on sports photography and images of parades and other choreographed movements. Rodchenko joined the October circle of artists in 1928 but was expelled three years later being charged with “formalism.” He returned to painting in the late 1930s, stopped photographing in 1942, and produced abstract expressionist works in the 1940s. He continued to organize photography exhibitions for the government during these years. He died in Moscow in 1956.

The work of Alexander Rodchenko is featured in these exhibitions.

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Politics and the Utopian Dream

Politics and the Utopian Dream

Contrasts

Contrasts

Peter Sekaer, Phrenologist's window, New Orleans, 1936

Peter Sekaer – In Context

Cartier Bresson . . . in Context

Cartier Bresson . . . . . . . In Context

The work of Alexander Rodchenko is featured in these Theme Collections.

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Abstraction - B&W

Abstraction – B&W

Shabolovka Radio Tower

Architecture – B&W

Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, France, 1954

Artists

Herb Snitzer, Count Basie, 1960

Musicians

Signage

Signage

Yvegeny Khaldei, Raising the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, 1945

Soviet

Edward Weston, Pepper, 1930

Still Life – B&W

Nightview, New York, 1932

Urban Landscapes – B&W

Alexander Rodchenko - Born December 5, 1891

Rodchenko was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design. Rodchenko was one of the most versatile Constructivist and Productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. Visit Rodchenko’s artist page to see complete bio, additional images and news.
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Alexander Rodchenko on view in Krakow, Poland

Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography
The National Museum in Krakow
Main Building, al. 3 Maja 1
May – August 2012

This comprehensive exhibition featured over 316 works by this versatile artist. It is currently on view at the National Museum in Krakow Poland, and includes vintage prints of all his most well know photographs.

A thought provoking review published June 20, 2012 in the Wall Street Journal can be seen here. (opens new window) To access the complete exhibition information on Krakow Museum web site, select here. (opens new window)

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