Varvara stepanova

A peculiar thing happened in Russia in the early 1920s. Abstract art, often considered the pinnacle of elitism and high art, was instead employed by artists as a testing ground for ideas that promised…

Varvara Stepanova design

Self caricature in a clown costume

Varvara Stepanova. Figure. 1921. Oil on canvas. 55 3/4 x 34 3/4" (141.6 x 88.3 cm). Given anonymously. 433.1941. Painting & Sculpture

Textile Design in Blue and Orange is a Constructivist Gouache Painting created by Varvara Stepanova in 1924. It lives in a private collection. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Interior Design and Pattern.

Varvara Stepanova was a key figure in the Russian constructivism movement. I think it’s important to know that at Kazan School of Art where Stepanova studied she met friend and collaborator …

When Alexander Rodchenko began taking photographs in 1924 he was in his early thirties and already known as a painter of severe abstracts and maker of constructions and photomontages. He produced many of his most memorable photographs during his first few years with a camera: his wife, . . .

Fabric design. Varvara Stepanova. c.1924

Varvara Stepanova

fabric design by Varvara Stepanova - 1924

_In the latest issue of_ Port _, Jacob Charles Wilson profiles pioneering constructivist designer Varvara Stepanova and how she aimed to bring functional forms to the people._

Explore artworks and writings by Lithuanian artist Varvara Stepanova, and meet other Constructivist artists

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Varvara Fedorovna Stepanova, Design for sportswear, 1923. Gouache and ink on paper.

Varvara Stepanova. Untitled (Two Figures). 1920, printed 1998. Linoleum cut with watercolor additions. Sheet: 6 15/16 x 5 11/16" (17.7 x 14.5 cm). Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation. 2548.2001. Drawings & Prints

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Varvara Stepanova was one of the leaders of constructivism. She gained fame thanks to her textile design, as well as the design of costumes and posters.The cover of the magazine "Technique and Life" No. 5. 1925. On the cover - Varvara StepanovaOne of the famous productions for which the artist designed her first costumes in the constructivist style and multi-purpose scenery was the play "Death of Tarelkin" directed by V. Meyerhold.V.F. Stepanova. Costume design for the production of "Death…