Alexander Rodchenko: Biography, Facts and Career

Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1891 – 3 December 1956) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design; he was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova. Rodchenko was one of the most versatile constructivist and productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. He worked as a painter and graphic designer before turning to photomontage and photography. His photography was socially engaged, formally innovative, and opposed to a painterly aesthetic. Concerned with the need for analytical-documentary photo series, he often shot his subjects from odd angles, usually high above or down below, to shock the viewer and to postpone recognition. He wrote: "One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again." He is also known for developing the early corporate identity of the airline Dobrolyot, later Aeroflot, and designed its "Winged Hammer and Sickle" logo.

Quick facts about Alexander Rodchenko

• Full name: Alexander Rodchenko
• Born: 1891-12-05
• Nationality: Soviet Union
• Known as: Fashion figure
• Wikidata ID: Q312631

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