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    Alexander RodchenkoRussian artist and sculptor
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    BornAleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko · 5 December 1891 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
    Died3 December 1956 (aged 64) · Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
    Known forPainting, photography
    MovementConstructivism
    Life and career

    Rodchenko was born in St. Petersburg to a working-class family who moved to Kazan after the death of his father, in 1909. He became an artist without having had any exposure to the art world, drawing much inspiration f… See more

    Criticism and censorship

    Throughout the 1920s, Rodchenko's work was very abstract. Rodchenko joined the October Group of artists in 1928 but was expelled three years later, charged with "formalism", an accusation first raised in the pages of … See more

    Retirement and death

    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 thes… See more

    Influence

    Much of the work of 20th century graphic designers is a direct result of Rodchenko's earlier work in the field. His influence has been pervasive. American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger owes a debt to Rodchenko's work. … See more

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