November 23 was born Alexander Rodchenko
 

was born on November 23, Alexander Rodchenko

designer, graphic artist, a master of photography, the founder of Photoshop
November 23, 1891 - December 3, 1956

Alexander Rodchenko - a designer, graphic artist, a master of photography, photomontage ancestor was born in St. Petersburg, November 23, 1891, the son of theatrical props. Later the family moved to Kazan. Alexander enrolled at the Kazan parish primary school, then at the Kazan Art School.

After the October Revolution works in Moscow, is actively involved in the life of painters union, draws cafe "Pittoresk" and other works in the department of Fine Arts Narcompros, runs the Museum Office.

Rodchenko creates a lot of work in the genre of abstract geometric miniatures. In addition to painting and drawing keen on interior designing, "Folding and savvy" - a series of flat-lined elements, "Planes, reflecting the light" - a series of mobiles that reflect the light, "In principle the same form" - a cycle that represents all possible combinations of wooden bars.

Rodchenko was one of the ideologues of the production of art. In the 20s of the 20th century teaches woodworking and metalworking on the faculty. He specialized in the development of multi-functional objects, artistic credo considered "decoration of objects and buildings, not by empty decorations, and by identifying functional features."

Collaborated with the Institute of Artistic Culture. One of the organizers fotogruppy "October", the author of several well-known pictures:
"Pionerka" and "Pioneer trumpeter," best work removed from the bottom point of the time it was an unusual and bold view reveals the dynamism of the composition.

Artist magazine "LEF" and "New Lef". Rodchenko took part in the Paris Exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts in 1925 as a designer of the Soviet section. Received a silver medal for his exhibition posters. Rodchenko is the author of the House panel on Mosselprom in Moscow.

In 1932, out of a group of "October", publisher Izogiz working photographer, designer of the magazine "USSR in Construction", draws albums: "First Horse", "Red Army", "The Soviet Air Force." Many put up photo studios to foreign countries. First used photomontage to book design. In later years he returned to painting.

Alexander Rodchenko died December 3, 1956 in Moscow on 66-year life.

... A few papers Alexander Rodchenko

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... And a little more of his work

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Well, now, there are people vspomyanuvshie Alexander's) According to the forum , without preparation. Just vspomyanuli ...
But - a man whose legacy , many of us " are eating " , in different ways, for many decades ... and to this day.

I shall only add that in Kazan school student in the class AMR NI Feshina !

By the way, on this day , in 1708 year , the Orthodox Church anathematized Hetman Ivan Mazepa , and 1942 , the " cluchilos " The completion of the environment 330,000th German forces at Stalingrad . That is, such a day - memorial - nadmrakopobedny.

Hermit, and where you store these works?
from?

Seriy of his work here HERE

Do not forget about Rodchenko photographer.
In the pictures he made many discoveries, and it remains for many a kind of benchmark.

The first began with ekperimentirovat rakursnoy shooting.


Photos taken from here

http://www.photographer.ru/gallery/37.htm

About Rodchenko.
Interestingly, constructivism and Rodchenko, as a photographer , Constructivist , were , in some ways , the precursor to the history of Soviet photography. True, this applies only to understand the structure of the photographic plane ( Maxim Dmitriev, for example , at the end of the XIX century performed many images from which are already " smell " constructivism ( estesstvenno, it is mostly pictures of buildings and other structures ). Indeed, the " missing " foreshortening. foreshortening and use as one of the main forming an image techniques, Alexander began , perhaps the first.

Appendix M. Dmitriev. Alexander's Bridge across the Volga in Syzran. 1894 Negative 18x24 cm (the forerunner not ?)

A RODCHENOVSKY festival was held , as always, in Prague ... Apparently, there lived a great composer ...