Born 1885, Place - Died 1953, Moscow
Painter, graphic artist, architect, designer, book illustrator and theatre designer
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Note: Additional works by this artist may be seen in the category Mass and Agit art.
Paintings and Graphic Work
Apostle on the Cupola of the Church of St.George. 1905-1910.
Watercolor and whitening on tracing paper mounted on paper, 24x15.5 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Carnations. 1908.
Oil on canvas, 73.5x66.6 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Sitting Male Figure. 1908.
Watercolor and gouache on paper, 26x22 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Twilight. Late 1900.
Oil on canvas, 50x57.5 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Summer. Late 1900.
Oil on canvas, 53x66 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
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Portrait of a Man. 1909 (?).
Oil on canvas, 71.5x72.5 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Vendor of Sailor Uniforms. 1910.
Watercolor, gouache, ink on cardboard, 32x20 cm.
State Radischev Museum, Saratov.
Sailor Uniforms. Early 1910s. On the reverse of "Fishmonger's Trade".
Watercolor, gouache, ink on cardboard, 65.5x53 cm.
Bakhrusin Museum.
Fishmonger's Trade. Early 1910s. On the reverse of "Sailor Uniforms".
Watercolor, gouache, ink on cardboard, 65.5x53 cm.
Bakhrusin Museum.
Portrait of the Painter. Early 1910s.
Oil on canvas, 104x88 cm.
Kostroma District Museum of Fine Arts.
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Fishmonger. 1911.
Gum paint on canvas, 76x98 cm.
The StateTretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Sailor. 1911.
Tempera on canvas, 76x98 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Still Life (Flowers). 1912.
Oil on canvas, 71.5x61.5 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Bouquet. 1911-1912.
Oil on canvas, 93x48 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Nude. 1912-1913. On the reverse: "Clay Pitcher With Flowers", below.
Oil on canvas, 106x142 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
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Nude. 1913.
Oil on canvas, 104.5x130 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Nude. 1913.
Oil on canvas, 143x108 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Composition-Analysis. Considered to Represent Madonna with Child. 1913.
Lead pencil, gouache, watercolor on paper, 49x33 cm.
Collection of A.A.Kapitsa, Moscow.
Female Bather. 1930s.
Oil on canvas, 75.5x50.5 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Portrait of a Woman. 1933.
Oil on wood, 55x46.7 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Clay Pitcher With Flowers. 1930s. On the reverse of: "Nude", above.
Oil on canvas, 106x142 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Red Flowers. 1930s.
Oil on canvas, 80x53.5 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Garden Flowers. 1938.
Oil on wood, 53x44 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Bouquet. 1940.
Oil on wood, 26x19 cm.
Collection of M.V.Alpatov, Moscow.
Flowers. 1940.
Oil on wood, 75.5x67.5 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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Bouquet. 1940.
Oil on wood, 39.5x33.8 cm.
Collection of T.V.Rubinstein and V.A.Morozov.
Meat. 1947.
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 63x71.5 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Male Nude. Study. 1910.
Pencil on paper.
Archive of Penza Savitsky School of Art..
Male Figure. Ca 1910.
Indian ink, pen on paper.
State Museum-Reserve, Pskov.
Fisherman. Early 1910s.
Indian ink on paper, 24x13 cm.
Collection of D.Sarabyanov, Moscow.
Female Model. Early 1910s.
Pencil on paper, 26.5x20.2 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
Male Model. Early 1910s.
Pencil on paper, 25.5x20.5 cm.
Private collection, Moscow.
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Nude Model. Page #93 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Pencil on paper, 43x26.3 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Nude Model. Page #58 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Indian ink, pen, brush on paper, 43x26.3 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Nude Model. Page #83 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Charcoal on paper, 43x26.3 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Standing Nude. Page #70 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Pencil, Indian ink, pen on paper, 43x26.3 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Standing Nude. Rear View. Page #10 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Pencil, Indian ink, pen on paper, 43x26.3 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
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Seated Woman, Front View. Page #73 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Pencil, Indian ink, pen on paper, 43x26.3 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Portrait. Page #32 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Pencil on paper, 23.5x16.6 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Nude. 1911-1912.
Whereabouts unknown. Photograph: collection of V.Smirnov, Moscow.
Portrait of K.Malevich. 1912. Page #22 from the Ostozhenka Studio album 1911-1914.
Pencil on paper, 21x23 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Sailor (Self-Portrait). 1912.
Lythograph, 14x9.3 cm.
Collection of D.Sarabyanov, Moscow.
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Fisher Boy. 1912.
Indian ink on paper, 38x28 cm.
Collection of G.Costaki.
Fishmonger. 1912.
Lythograph, 14x9.3 cm.
Collection of D.Sarabyanov, Moscow.
Seated Female Nude, Front View. 1913.
Lead pencil on paper, 42x26 cm.
Collection of D.Sarabyanov, Moscow.
Woman in Fur Coat. 1930s.
Pencil on paper, 44x32 cm.
Collection of M.V.Alpatov, Moscow.
Female Nude In Front of Easel. 1940s.
Pencil on paper, 41x30 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
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Woman Wearing a Hat. 1940s.
Pencil on paper, 43.2x32 cm.
TsGALI, Moscow.
Portrait of a Woman. 1940s.
Pencil on paper, 41x30 cm.
Collection of M.V.Alpatov, Moscow.
Self Portrait. 1940s.
Pencil on paper, 45x32 cm.
Bakhrusin Museum.
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Bottle (Pictorial relief). 1913.
Tin, cardboard, netting, wallpaper.
Whereabouts unknown. Photograph: collection of D.Sarabyanov, Moscow.
Pictorial relief. 1913-1914.
Wood, oil, metal foil, 63x53 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Assortment of Materials. 1914.
Plaster, glass, metal.
Whereabouts unknown. Reproductions from: "Tatlin (Against Cubism)" by N.N.Punin, Petrograd, 1919; "Visual Art", #1, 1919, p.11.
Blue Contre-relief. 1914.
Wood of different types, metall, leather, blue powder, chalk and glue paints on plywood, 78.5x44x7.3 cm.
Private collection, Germany.
Corner contre-relief. 1914-1915. Repeated in 1926.
Wood, copper, wire, 71x118 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Synthesis-Static Composition. 1914-1915.
Wood, tempera, oil, textile on plywood, 70x50 cm.
Private collection.
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Complex Corner Relief. 1915. Reconstruction, 1982.
Iron, aluminum, zinc, 78.8x152.4x76.2 cm.
The Annelie Jude Gallery, London.
Composition (The Month of May). 1916.
Wood, tempera, mixed technique.
Private collection, Germany.
Contre-relief. Assortment of Materials. 1916.
Varnished mahogany, roof zinc ciated iron, wood, zinc, 100x64x24 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Board No. 1 Staro-Basman (Old Basmaia Street). 1917.
Wood, egg tempera, primer, bronze, 105x57 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Contre-relief. Assortment of Materials. 1917.
Wood, iron, zinc, 32.5x64x27 cm.
The State Tretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Contre-relief. Late 1910s.
Whereabouts unknown. Reproduction: "The Russian Experiment in Art" by Camila Gray, Thankes&Hudson.
Contre-relief. Late 1910s.
Whereabouts unknown. Reproduction: "Erste Russische Kunstausstellung", Berlin, 1922.
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Illustration for poem "Let us be as Merciless as Ostranitsa" by Khlebnikov. 1912.
Lythograph.
llustration for poem "Signboards" by Maiakovsky. 1913.
Lythograph.
Portrait of Vladimir Burliuk. 1913.
Lythograph.
Illustration for poem "Twilight: the Painter with his Wide Brush..." by Vladimir Burliuk. 1913.
Lythograph.
Cover of Bazhan, Shkurupii, Semenko and Tatlin, Meeting at the Crossroads. 1927.
Zincotype.
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Cover for "On the Sailing-Ship" by S. Sergel. 1929.
Zincotype.
Cover for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
For the Third Time (p.7). Illustration for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
For the Fourth Time (p.9). Illustration for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
For the Fourth Time (p.11). Illustration for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
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For the Fifth Time (p.13). Illustration for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
For the Sixth Time (p.15). Illustration for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
For the Nihth Time (p.21). Illustration for "Firstly and Secondly" by D.Kharms. 1929.
Zincotype.
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Set Design for "Tzar Maximilian and his Disobedient Son, Adolf", after a folk drama of from 18th century. Production by M.P.Bonch-Tomashevsky, Literary-Art Society. Panel sketch. 1911.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 50x68 cm.
Museum of Theatre History, St.Petersburg.
Tzar Maximilian. Costume Design for "Tzar Maximilian and his Disobedient Son, Adolf", after a folk drama of from 18th century. Production by M.P.Bonch-Tomashevsky, Literary-Art Society. 1911.
Watercolor on blue paper, 22.9x17 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Flute Player. Costume Design for "Tzar Maximilian and his Disobedient Son, Adolf", after a folk drama of from 18th century. Production by M.P.Bonch-Tomashevsky, Literary-Art Society. 1911.
Watercolor, ink on paper, 32x19.5 cm.
Nikita & Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, London.
Pagan Venus. Costume Design for "Tzar Maximilian and his Disobedient Son, Adolf", after a folk drama of from 18th century. Production by M.P.Bonch-Tomashevsky, Literary-Art Society. 1911.
Watercolor on paper, 24x13.3 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Rowdy Son of Venus. Costume Design for "Tzar Maximilian and his Disobedient Son, Adolf", after a folk drama of from 18th century. Production by M.P.Bonch-Tomashevsky, Literary-Art Society. 1911.
Watercolor on paper, 24x17 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
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Domnino Village, Act I. Set Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor, gouach, shellac, Indian ink on cardboard, 47.5x96.2 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
At the Spassky Gate, Epilogue. Set Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Oil on canvas, 54.5x98.2 cm.
The StateTretyiakov Gallery, Moscow.
Strel'tsy. Costume Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard, 48.5x64.6 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Russian Woman's National Costume Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor, gouache, pencil on cardboard, 49.5x32.4 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Vania. Costume Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor, gouache, pencil on cardboard, 46.2x32.2 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
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Boyar. Costume Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor, gouache, Indian ink, shellac, pencil on paper, 48.9x32.2 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Imperial Guardsman. Costume Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor, gouache, pencil on paper, 47.9x31.8 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Peasant Girl. Costume Design for opera "Ivan Susanin" (A Life for the Tzar) by Glinka. 1913-1914.
Watercolor on paper, 46x29 cm.
Nikita & Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, London.
Helmsman. Costume Design for opera "The Flying Dutchman" By R.Wagner. 1915-1917.
Charcoal on paper, 72.2x51 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Model of stage setting, set design for Opera "Zangezi" by Velemir Khlebnikov. 1923.
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Set design for Opera "Zangezi" by Velemir Khlebnikov. 1923.
Charcoal on paper, 55.4x76.1 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Repentance. Costume design for Opera "Zangezi" by Velemir Khlebnikov. 1923.
Charcoal on paper maounted on cardboard, 54.6x37.6 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Laughter. Costume design for Opera "Zangezi" by Velemir Khlebnikov. 1923.
Charcoal on paper mounted on cardboard, 54.6x37.6 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
God in Paradise. Costume design for "A Comic Actor of the 17th Century" by Ostrovskii.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 41.8x28 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
The Babylonian Thief. Costume design for "A Comic Actor of the 17th Century" by Ostrovskii.
Watercolor, gouache, pencil on paper, 41x28.2 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
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Stage design for "The Affair" by Sukhovo-Kobylin. 1939-1940.
Pencil on paper, 17.4x30 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Stage design for "The Affair" by Sukhovo-Kobylin. 1939-1940.
Pencil on paper, 17.5x31.5 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Zhivets. Costume design for "The Affair" by Sukhovo-Kobylin. 1939-1940.
Watercolor, pencil on paper mounted on plywood, 44x32 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
The Prince In a Robe. Costume design for "The Affair" by Sukhovo-Kobylin. 1939-1940.
Watercolor, pencil on paper mounted on plywood, 44x31.5 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Lidochka. Costume design for "The Affair" by Sukhovo-Kobylin. 1939-1940.
Watercolor, pencil on paper mounted on plywood, 44x32.2 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
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Design for man's coat ("Utility clothing"). 1923.
Charcoal on tracing paper, 107x71.5 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Design for man's coat. 1923.
Pencil on paper, 62x39.5 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Novel street clothing, pattern, front and rear views. 1923-1924.
Whereabouts uknown. Photograph: Bakhrushin Museum
Design for multi-purpose metal dish: pot + teapot + frying pan. 1923.
Pencil on paper, 56.8x77 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Design Sketch for Tea Pot. 1923.
Pencil on paper, 19.1x22.3 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
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Design Sketch for Milk Jug (Side view, Top view). 1923.
Pencil on paper, 21x26.6 cm; 19x22.3 cm.
Bakhrushin Museum.
Design for a chair (left). 1927. Model of the Tatlin-Rogozhin chair (right). Reconstruction. 1976.
Curved maple, textile. Made by Rogozhin, a student at the Woodworking Faculty of the VKhUTEIN, under Tatlin's guidance. Photograph by A.Rodchenko. Collection of V.A.Rodchenko, Moscow.
Reconstruction by graduating artist V.G.Sopolov and locksmith V.I.Pavlov: metal, leather, 80x65 cm.
Design for Sleigh Frame. Late 1920s.
Bent maple. Made at the Woodworking Faculty of the VKhUTEIN under Tatlin's direction. Whereabouts aunknown.
Letatlin. The model of the flapping-wing flying machine based on the flight of birds, which Tatlin worked out advised by the surgeon, Geintse, and the flight instructor, Losev. Originally, Tatlin prepared three versions of the model with the cooperation of his colleagues Sotnikov andn Pavilyonov, and with the help of Zelensky and Schipitzyn. 1929-32.
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Biography:
Vladimir Evgrafovich Tatlin was born in a family of an engineer, who started his carreer in railways at the bottom, as a stoker. In 1892 he was sent to the US to study the railway system. He belived in technical education and wanted his son to aquire one. His son was rather more impressed with practical experience.
In his youth V.Tatlin moved back and forth between various jobs: he was a a captain's boy on a ship; a sailor; an icon painter's assistant; a prop-maker in the Opera. In between, he took occasional courses at art school. As a sailor he travelled to Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, the Near East and North Africa (1902-1904). His work as a sailor, with its demmand on discipline, its physical and diverse nature had a great influence over his entire life and carreer.
Tatlin has studied at MUZhVZ (Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture) under Serov (1902-1904) and Korovin (1909-1910), and at the Art College, Penza (1904-1910) under Goriushkin-Sorokopudov and Afanassyev.
From 1906 Tatlin participated in exhibitions including Donkey’s Tail, Union of Youth, Jack of Diamonds, The Store, “Tramvay V” and “O.10”.
L.Popova, A.Vesnin and N.Udaltzova, who were to become the future Constructivismartists, worked in his studio “The Tower” (1912-1915). He was a central figure of the Constructivism movement and produced reliefs and countre-reliefs from 1914.
Tatlin has served as artistic director for Glinka’s opera “A Life for the Tzar” and the play “Tzar Maximilian” (1912-1913).
He headed the IZO (Fine Arts Section of the People’s Commissariat for Education of the Russian Republic), Moscow (1918-1920).
The artist has taught at the SVOMAS (Free Workshops) in Moscow (1918-1920) and Petrograd (1919-1924); taught the basis of design; also taught at the department of theatre, cinema and photography in Kiev Art School (1925-1927); and at the VKhUTEIN (High State Artistic and Technical Institute) in Moscow (1927-1930). He was a founder and member of the GINKhUK (State Institute for Artistic Culture), Petrograd (1923). Worked on theatre designs in Ukraine.
Tatlin moved steadily from one task to another. He started with drawing and painting, then broadened it into relief and experiments with different materials. He then continued to industrial art, to design, to constuction, to architecture. He designed clothes, furniture, untensils, decorations.
In 1919 Tatlin has created the famous monument to the Third Internationale, an extraordinary example of the Avant-garde reaching into the realm of architecture.
In the early 1930s Tatlin designed and built the “Letatlin”, a human-powered flying mashine that created a sensation.
During later 1930s his work changed toward sombre, expressive, realist painting.