Aleksandr Zugrin

Aleksandr Zugrin
Born
Aleksandr Ivanovich Zugrin

1899
Died1923 (aged 23–24)
NationalityRussian
Known foravant-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]

  1. ^ "Zugrin, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1899-1923)". www.russianartandbooks.com. Russian Art and Books. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ Mally, Lyn (1990). Culture of the Future: The Proletkult Movement in Revolutionary Russi. Berkeley: University of California Press.