Gustavs Klucis
Also recorded as Gustav Klucis · H Klutsis · Gustav Gustavovic Klutsis · Gustav Gustavovich Klutsis
Gustavs Klucis

Gustavs Klucis · Self-scanned · Public domain
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1938
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union · Latvia
- Occupation
- poster artist · photographer · painter · designer · graphic artist · graphic designer · artist
- Movements
- Constructivism
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Gustavs Klucis is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded with the occupation poster artist. Recorded as poster artist, photographer, painter and designer.

Gustav Klutsis and Valentina Kulagina
Photomontage by the Latvian photographer Gustav Klutsis (1895-1938)

Fotografía del artista letón-soviético Gustav Klutsis. Fotografia retocada digitalmente.
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1895
Gustavs Klucis was born on 16 January 1895.
1938
Gustavs Klucis died on 26 February 1938.
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- 1.Gustav Klutsis. rkd.nl
- 2.КЛУЦИС ГУСТАВ ГУСТАВОВИЧ. Tretyakov Gallery
- 3.Gustav Klutsis. Grove Art Online at MoMA, 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- 4.Gustav Klutsis. The Art Institute of Chicago, 2013. Retrieved 6 May 3013. Archived here.
- 5.Энциклопедия Всемирная история – КЛУЦИС ГУСТАВ ГУСТАВОВИЧ [World History Encyclopedia: KLUCIS, GUSTAV GUSTAVOVICH]
- 6.Густав Клуцис, латышский стрелок [Gustavs Klucis, the Latvian Rifleman] – Lenta.ru
- 7.База данных "ЖЕРТВЫ МАССОВОГО ТЕРРОРА, расстрелянные на Бутовском полигоне НКВД в 1937–1938 гг."
- 8.Tupitsyn, Margarita. El Lissitzky: beyond the Abstract Cabinet : photography, design, collaboration. Yale Univ. Press. 1999. 978-0300081701.
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1- ConstructivismMovement
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1- MoscowPlace
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1- RūjienaPlace
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The authorities additionally record the headings Gustav Klucis, H Klutsis, Gustav Gustavovic Klutsis, Gustav Gustavovich Klutsis and Gustav Gustavovich Klu︠t︡sis. His recorded language was Latvian. He married Valentina Kulagina.
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Work by Gustavs Klucis is
Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Canada, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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