Gustavs Klucis is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Gustavs Klucis as Latvian artist (1895-1938).
Gustavs Klucis was born at Rūjiena in 1895. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Vkhutemas.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
He worked as poster artist, photographer and painter.
His recorded movement is constructivism.
A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
That the work was made in Russia shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Gustavs Klucis died in 1944, aged 49. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Movement: Constructivism
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