Tag: Avant garde

Dress like summer will never end. Fashion sketches by 1920’s queen of the avant-garde Sonia Delaunay. From “ses Peintures, ses Objets, ses Tissus simultanés, ses Modes.”

Page 14. 1922-23.
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Page 5 (detail). 1922-23.
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Page 6. 1920.
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Frocks in colors as bright as the confetti at your Bastille Day party. Fashion sketches by 1920’s Queen of the avant-garde Sonia Delaunay. From “ses Peintures, ses Objets, ses Tissus simultanés, ses Modes.”

Page 2. 1925.
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Page 5. 1922-1923 (detail).
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Page 16. 1923.
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Avant-garde art in colors that dazzle the mind. Russian. Olga Rozanova, artist (1886-1918). All of these works having been published in “The Great utopia: the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932” in 1992, which has just been made available in digitalized form by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library.

"Non Objective Composition (Flight of an Airplane)." 1915.
“Non Objective Composition (Flight of an Airplane).” 1915. Oil on canvas. Collection of the State Museum, Samara. Published in 1992 in “The Great utopia: the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932.” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library contributor. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/grerussi00schi/page/n114
"Room." 1915.
“Room.” 1915. Collection of the State Lunacharsky Museum of Fine Arts, Krasnodar. Published in 1992 in “The Great utopia: the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932.” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library contributor. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/grerussi00schi/page/n114
"Non-Objective Composition." 1916.
“Non-Objective Composition.” 1916. Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg. Published in 1992 in “The Great utopia: the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932.” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library contributor. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/grerussi00schi/page/n115
"Non-Objective Composition." 1917.
“Non-Objective Composition.” 1917. Collection of the State Art Museum, Ulianovsk. Published in 1992 in “The Great utopia: the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932.” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library contributor. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/grerussi00schi/page/n119

Many layered backdrops for people who keep rising up in front. Paintings by Bulgarian artist Ivan Milev (1897-1927).

Title and date unknown.
Title and date unknown. In the public domain. via https://www.wikiart.org/en/ivan-milev/unknown-title-1
"Landscape of Muglish." 1925.
“Landscape of Muglish.” 1925. In the public domain. via http://40.114.5.22/artist/ivan-milev/landscape-muglish
"Ahinora." 1925.
“Ahinora.” 1925. In the public domain. via https://www.wikiart.org/en/ivan-milev/ahinora-1925.

Revolutionary art by internationally known Russian artist Aleksandra Ekster (Alexandra Exter). Living from 1882 to 1949, she was a member of the Cubo-Futurist, Suprematist, and Constructivist schools.

Costume for a female character. 1924.
Costume for a female character. 1924. Collection of ND Lobanowa-Rostowski. Cc0 License 2.0 BY-SA. via https://www.vogue.pl/a/aleksandra-ekster-amazonka-awangardy
Costume design for Salome. 1917.
Costume design for Salome. 1917. Collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. In the public domain. via https://www.wikiart.org/en/aleksandra-ekster/costume-design-for-salome-1917
Costume designs for a production of Salome. 1917.
Costume designs for a production of Salome. 1917. Image © Miriam Schapiro. Fair use license. via https://www.wikiart.org/en/miriam-schapiro/aleksandra-ekster-costume-designs-for-a-1917-production-of-salome
Study for a male costume. 1920.
Study for a male costume. 1920. Gouache on cardboard. Image © Artforum.com. Fair use license. via https://www.artforum.com/print/previews/201001/alexandra-exter-24530
Costume design for "Phoenician Women." 1914.
Costume design for “Phoenician Women.” 1914. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://styleupyourday.com/tag/%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C/

Sketches of dresses as bright as a flag against the sky on a day in summer. Sonia Delaunay, designer. From “ses Peintures, ses Objets, ses Tissus simultanés, ses Modes” which came out in the mid 1920’s in Paris.

Page 10. 1923-1924.
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Page 12. 1923.
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Page 9. 1923.
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Page 7. 1915.
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Textiles with a bit of a Constructivist kick. Russian. Varvara Stepanova, 20th century designer. Also designed sportwear and taught textile design at Vkhutemas in Moscow.

Red, white and blue. ca. 1920's.
Red, white and blue. ca. 1920’s. Fair use license. via https://coralhnd.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/textile-designs-varvara-stepanova/
Orange, white and pale blue.
Orange, white and pale blue. Fair use license. via https://coralhnd.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/textile-designs-varvara-stepanova/
Gold, white and purple.
Gold, white and purple. Fair use license. via http://costumehelsinki.blogspot.com/2013/12/soviet-pattern-designs-by-stepanova.html

Trees with an apparent life of their own in an avant-garde sort of way by Hungarian artist Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar. Living from 1853 to 1919, he was one of the first Hungarian painters to become widely known in Europe.

"Cairo train station." Undated.
“Cairo train station.” Undated. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.kaviart.eu/category/kepzomuveszet/page/3/
"The solitary cedar."1907.
“The solitary cedar.”1907. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.art.com/products/p12258392-sa-i1634178/tivadar-csontvary-kosztka-the-solitary-cedar-1907.htm?RFID=990319
"Naplemente a nápolyi öbölben." 1901.
“Naplemente a nápolyi öbölben.” 1901. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Csontv%C3%A1ry_Kosztka_Tivadar_1901_Naplemente_a_n%C3%A1polyi_%C3%B6b%C3%B6lben.jpg
"Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon." 1907.
“Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon.” 1907. Collection of the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Csontv%C3%A1ry_Kosztka,_Tivadar_-_Pilgrimage_to_the_Cedars_of_Lebanon_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Watercolor sketches climbing right out of your paintbox in wonderful vibrant hues by avant garde designer Sonia Delaunay. Taken from “ses Peintures, ses Objets, ses Tissus simultanés, ses Modes”, published in the mid 1920’s by the Paris Librairie des Arts.

Page 4. 1924.
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Page 10. 1924.
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Page 19. 1924.
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Page 1. 1923.
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More Russian art, this time a selection of works by El Lissitzsky. Living from 1890 to 1941 he worked in Germany almost as much as he did in Russia. Part of the Suprematism movement and quite avant-garde.

"New Man" from the "Prouns" series. 1923.
“New Man” from the “Prouns” series. 1923. In the public domain. via http://www.designishistory.com/1920/el-lissitzky/
"Proun." ca. 1922-1923.
“Proun.” ca. 1922-1923. Gouache and graphite on paper. Image © artprice.com. Fair use license. via https://www.artprice.com/marketplace/760478/el-lissitzky/painting/proun
Preliminary sketch for a poster. 1920.
Preliminary sketch for a poster. 1920. Image via wikiart.org. In the public domain. via https://www.widewalls.ch/artist/el-lissitzky/
"Basic Calculus." 1928.
“Basic Calculus.” 1928. Image via wikiart.org. In the public domain. via https://www.widewalls.ch/artist/el-lissitzky/
"Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge." 1919.
“Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge.” 1919. In the public domain. via https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/reputations-pen-portraits-/el-lissitzky-1890-1941/10023705.article
"Yacht Club." 1925.
“Yacht Club.” 1925. Image via artribune.com. In the public domain. via https://www.widewalls.ch/artist/el-lissitzky/