Russian Revolution
'The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR. The Emperor was forced to abdicate and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). In the second revolution, during October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government.'
'The heroic period of the Russian revolutionary poster started, not so much during the apocalyptic upheavals of 1917, but in the grindingly long drawn-out Civil War that followed. From 1918 to 1921 over two hundred posters artists and designers sympathetic to socialism created an avalanche of political posters, widely considered to be the greatest in history, in defence of the Bolshevik Revolution. It is estimated that across Russia over 3,200 different posters were printed during the hostilities'
Some represents of this period are:
'The heroic period of the Russian revolutionary poster started, not so much during the apocalyptic upheavals of 1917, but in the grindingly long drawn-out Civil War that followed. From 1918 to 1921 over two hundred posters artists and designers sympathetic to socialism created an avalanche of political posters, widely considered to be the greatest in history, in defence of the Bolshevik Revolution. It is estimated that across Russia over 3,200 different posters were printed during the hostilities'
Some represents of this period are:
Alexander Rodchenko
Varvara Stepanova
Gustav Klutsis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution
King, D. (n.d.). Russian revolutionary posters.
https://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Gustav%20Klutsis
https://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=alexander%20rodchenko&rs=rs&term_meta%5B%5D=alexander%7Crecentsearch%7C3&term_meta%5B%5D=rodchenko%7Crecentsearch%7C3
King, D. (n.d.). Russian revolutionary posters.
https://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Gustav%20Klutsis
https://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=alexander%20rodchenko&rs=rs&term_meta%5B%5D=alexander%7Crecentsearch%7C3&term_meta%5B%5D=rodchenko%7Crecentsearch%7C3