Modern Print Monday: Varvara Stepanova

Varvara Stepanova

1924

Moscow

Varvara Stepanova

1894-1958

Stepanova, born in Lithuania, was associated with the Soviet Constructionists. In the decade after the Russian Revolution, political theory demanded functional textiles and modernism demanded basic geometric elements and limited colors.

Here's an essay at the Tate Museum site about the First State Textile Factory and her associate there, Liubov Popova.

http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/liubov-popova-painting-textile-design

Artist David Mabb has been combining some Russian Constructivist prints with William Morris prints, obtaining strange results.