Artist

Vladimir Tatlin

Portrait of Vladimir Tatlin
Portrait of Vladimir Tatlin

Russian, 1885–1953

Vladimir Tatlin was a Russian Constructivism artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Tretyakov Gallery. Vladimir Tatlin was born in Kharkiv.

Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (28 December 1885 – 31 May 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect, and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International, more commonly known as Tatlin's Tower, which he began in 1919. With Kazimir Malevich he was one of the two most important figures in the Soviet avant-garde art movement of the 1920s, and he later became an important artist in the constructivist movement.

Works by Vladimir Tatlin

Collections represented

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