Aleksandr Zugrin
Aleksandr Zugrin | |
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| Born | Aleksandr Ivanovich Zugrin 1899 |
| Died | 1923 (aged 23–24) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | avant-garde painting Illustrations Graphic design |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Zugrin (Russian: Александр Иванович Зугрин; 1899–1923) was a Russian avant-garde painter, illustrator and graphic artist.[1]
Zugrin was a member of Moscow Proletkult and soon became one of the most widely published artists in the period immediately following the Russian Revolution. He His provided engravings and lino-cuts as illustrations for journals such as Gorn (Furnace – published by Proletkult), Tvori! (Create! – Magazine of Ateliers of Moscow Proletkult), and Tvorchestvo (Creation), as well as the book jackets for various anthologies of proletarian poetry.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zugrin, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1899-1923)". www.russianartandbooks.com. Russian Art and Books. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Mally, Lyn (1990). Culture of the Future: The Proletkult Movement in Revolutionary Russi. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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