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[[Vladimir Stenberg]] and [[Georgii Stenberg]], Soviet artists and designers.
 
[[Vladimir Stenberg]] and [[Georgii Stenberg]], Soviet artists and designers.
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The Stenberg  brothers were prominent members of this group, which was centered in Moscow and active throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. The Stenberg brothers produced a large body of work in a multiplicity of mediums, initially achieving renown as Constructivist sculptors and later working as successful theatrical designers, architects, and draftsmen; in addition, they completed design commissions that ranged from railway cars to women's shoes. Their most significant accomplishment, however, was in the field of graphic design, specifically, the advertising posters they created for the newly burgeoning cinema in Soviet Russia [http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1997/sternbergbrothers/].
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==

Revision as of 14:13, 13 January 2014

Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg, Soviet artists and designers. The Stenberg brothers were prominent members of this group, which was centered in Moscow and active throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. The Stenberg brothers produced a large body of work in a multiplicity of mediums, initially achieving renown as Constructivist sculptors and later working as successful theatrical designers, architects, and draftsmen; in addition, they completed design commissions that ranged from railway cars to women's shoes. Their most significant accomplishment, however, was in the field of graphic design, specifically, the advertising posters they created for the newly burgeoning cinema in Soviet Russia [1].

Literature

  • Christopher Mount and Peter Kenez, Stenberg Brothers: Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

See also

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