Gustavs Klucis

Клуцис, Густав Густавович

Photographer, graphic artist, painter

Born Koni (Latvia), 16 January 1895

Executed Moscow, 26 February 1938

 

Klucis studied at the Riga Art School from 1912 to 1915 when he was drafted into the army. In 1917 he went to Moscow and studied at the Vkhutemas under Malevich and A. Pevsner. He married the artist Valentina Kulagina and taught from 1924 to 1930 color theory at the Moscow Vkhutemas. On January 17 he was arrested and and executed.

 

1919

 

 

1922

 

1924-25

   

 

1926

   

 

1928

 

 

1930

   

 

1931

 

 

1933-34

 

 

1937

 

1981

 

1988

 

1991

 

1995

 

2004

 

2008

 

2010-11

 

 

2014