Sergei Senkin
Sergei Yakovlevich Senkin (1894–1963) was a twentieth-century Russian artist, photographer, and illustrator. Senkin studied with Kasimir Malevitch during the 1920s in Vkhutemas. He sometimes visited Malevitch in Vitebsk with his friend Gustav Klutsis.
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Sergei Senkin
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- Name
- Sergei Senkin
- Born
- 13 July 1894
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- 12 April 1963
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian SFSR
- Education
- Vkhutemas
- Occupation
- Artist, photographer, illustrator
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union · Russia
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Sergei Yakovlevich Senkin (1894–1963) was a twentieth-century Russian artist, photographer, and illustrator. Senkin studied with Kasimir Malevitch during the 1920s in Vkhutemas. He sometimes visited Malevitch in Vitebsk with his friend Gustav Klutsis.
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There, he developed his own approach to Suprematism. He used a variety of artistic techniques such as graphic and poster design, photography and photomontage as well as painting. He worked together with Gustav Klutsis on agitational posters in 1922-1937. In 1928, he joined the Constructivist October Group. The same year, Senkin collaborated with artist and architect El Lissitzky to create the frieze for the Pressa exhibition in Cologne, Germany.
Сергей Сенькин. Беспредметная композиция. 1920. Картон, масло. 100х81
Сергей Сенькин · Валяева М. Морфология русской беспредметности. М., 2003.
Gustav Klutsis, Sergei Senkin Proletarskoe studentchestvo (Proletarian Student) no. 2 1923 Medium Journal with seven line blocks or half tone reliefs (including front and back covers) Dimensions 10 1/4 × 7" (26 × 17.8 cm) Publisher Organ Kommunisticheskogo Studenchestva, Moscow Printer Krasnaya Pechat, Moscow Credit Riva Castleman Endowment Fund Object number 111.2019 Department Drawings and Print
Gustav Klutsis Sergei Senkin · https: page=1 sov_referrer=artist
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• Name — Sergei Senkin • Born — 13 July 1894 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian Empire • Died — 12 April 1963 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR • Education — Vkhutemas • Occupation — Artist, photographer, illustrator • Style — Suprematism, constructivism
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• Illustration — Second edition of Proletarian Student, a 1923 journal by Senkin and Gustav Klutsis • Illustration — Non Objective Composition (1921)
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