Gustavs Klucis, an emblematic figure of the early 20th-century Constructivist avant-garde, made his name primarily through his Soviet Revolutionary and later Stalinist propaganda. Klucis, born January 16, 1895, near Rūjiena, Latvia, set standards with his artful photomontages, often created in collaboration with his wife and collaborator Valentina Kulagina. His artful images, created through the fusion of photography and political messages, offered viewers a distorted perspective on reality and are reproduced today in our collection of fine art prints.
In 1912, Klucis began his artistic journey in Riga, which took him through a multi-faceted education, service in the Russian army, and eventually to Moscow. Here he met his future wife and partner Kulagina in 1918, studied art under the greats Kazimir Severinovich Malevich and Anton Pewsner, and joined the Communist Party. His commitment to political art was profound, he created it, taught it and wrote about it. This close connection between art and politics is reflected in our art prints, which emulate Klucis' intense and influential style.
In the 1920s and 1930s, when Stalinism and the "purges" were at their height, Klucis and Kulagina came under increasing pressure to limit their subject matter and techniques. Their work, originally revolutionary and utopian, became a supporting instrument of Stalin's personality cult by 1935. Despite his loyal service to the party, Klucis was arrested on January 17, 1938, and executed shortly thereafter. Despite the tragic end to his life story, Gustavs Klucis remains a fascinating example of the influence of art on society and politics. In reproducing his works as art prints, we honor his artistic vision and legacy. Through his depiction of revolutionary themes and his distinctive use of photomontage, his works remind us how art can be used as a powerful medium to represent and influence the world.
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.jpg "Long Live Our Happy Socialist Motherland Poster, 1935 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "First of May. Join the Battle for the Five Year Plan by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "World October by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Long live Stalin")
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.jpg "Staff Determine Everything. I. Stalin Poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Oppressed Peoples of the Whole World by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "The Victory of Socialism in the USSR is Guaranteed, Poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Greetings to the recently launched world giant Dneprostroi by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "From the NEP Russia will come the Socialist Russia! by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "The USSR is the Crack Brigade of the World Proletariat by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Design for Loudspeaker No. 5 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "USSR - shock brigade of the world proletariat by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Cultured Life - Work with High Productivity by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "The Development of Transportation, The Five-Year Plan Poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Long live the multi-million-member Leninist Komsomol by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Let Us Fulfill the Plan of the Great Projects, poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Development of the Transport - One of the Most Important Tasks by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Millions of Workers! Join the Socialist Competition! by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Soviet constructivist poster from 1930 by Gustav Klutsis,")
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.jpg "By the End of a Five-Years Plan Collectivization Should Be Finished (Poster) by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Work in the USSR is a Matter of Honour, Glory, Sacrifice and Heroism, 1931 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "We Will Turn the Five-Year Plan into a Four-Year Plan by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Cover of Spartakiada RSI magazine, 1928 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "The Reality of Our Program is Real People: It")
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.jpg "The USSR is the Crack Brigade of the World Proletariat, 1931 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Under the Banner of Lenin Poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "We Will Turn the Five-Year Plan into a Four-Year Plan by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "All Moscow builds the Metro Poster, 1934 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Let Us Fulfill the Plan of the Great Projects Poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Long live the USSR by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Let Us Fulfill the Plan of the Great Projects by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Portrait, 1933 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "There Can Be No Revolutionary Movement Without a Revolutionary Theory Poster by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "We Will Turn the Five-Year Plan into a Four-Year Plan by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Bolshevik Rally. 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks, 1930 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Long Live the World October!, 1933 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Project for a Construction for the Fifth Anniversary of the October Revolution by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Vladimir Lenin by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Anti-Imperialist Exhibition by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "The aim of the Union is an overthrow of the... Karl Marx, 1933 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Moskau Spartakiada, 1928 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Long Live World October! by Gustav Klutsis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959999).jpg "Design for Loudspeaker No. 5 by Gustav Klutsis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313506).jpg "Cover of Spartakiada R.S.I. Magazine by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Cover of Methods of Lenin")
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.jpg "The Accelerating Industrialization by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Vladimir Lenin by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "In the Storm of the Third Year of the Five Year Plan by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Moscow Spartakiada by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Vladimir Lenin, ca. 1934 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Cover of 15 Years of Russian Futurism by Alexei Kruchenykh by Gustav Klutsis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1225402).jpg "Propaganda Stand (Workers of the World Unite) by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Cafeteria Under Ground, 1932 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Vladimir Lenin, ca. 1934 by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Double Portrait of Aleksei Kruchenykh by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "Construction by Gustav Klutsis")
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.jpg "NOT by Gustav Klutsis")
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