Artistic Collaborators

Question 1

Alexander Rodenchenko (Lenin)

Answer 1

Used his natural talent for photography to create propaganda for the regime during the NEP.

Question 2

Kazimir Malevich (Lenin)

Answer 2

Sent his abstract paintings to Germany in 1927 and focused on traditional works in Russia to appeal to the conservative tastes of the party officials.

Question 3

Feodor Gladokov (Stalin)

Answer 3

Cement - a novel which the proletariat found easy to understand that reflected the ideal soviet citizen

Question 4

Aleksei Vasilev (Stalin)

Answer 4

Painted ‘they are writing about us in Pravda’ - a naturalistic painting celebrating the successes of collectivisation.

Question 5

Gustav Klutsis (Stalin)

Answer 5

Painted “In the storm of the 3rd year of the 5 year plan” a depiction of a hard working soviet man producing raw materials.

Question 6

‘The lazy bureaucrat’ and ‘The alcoholic’ (KHR)

Answer 6

Artistic propaganda which targeted unwanted sectors of society and aimed to remove them by ‘popular discontent’