In 1919, El Lissitzky would create one of his most successful propaganda posters.
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge was a major breakthrough that showcases El Lissitzky’s new ideas on constructivism. This poster was produced in the same year that Lissitzky would paint his first Proun. He had a fascination with type that led him to the idea of combining the geometry of the Proun with typography. (6. Pg.254) However, it’s important to note that this work is actually not considered to be, or labeled as a Proun. These new ideas would later develop into the production of the now missing factory board that was located in Vitebsk, which is debated to made somewhere around the same year. (2. Pg.199) These ideas, combined with his architectural background, would also evolve into his breakthrough typographic work in Mayakovsky’s book of poetry entitled, For the Voice. (4. Pg.213) What factors had to come together for all of this to happen? How is constructivism involved in these designs mentioned? …show more content…
During this time, a revolution in Russia had taken place that ended tsarist rule, and now the Russian Civil War (1917-1921) was happening. (9. Pg.72) VTSIK was handling the first two years of Soviet poster production. However, in June of 1919, Litizdat, a publishing department, was established to handle Soviet poster production throughout the civil war years. There was a vast amount of military publishing produced by other entities. A Soldier’s Pravda ran from April 1917 to March 1918, and many more military newspapers, and journals were continuing to be mass produced. (7.
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge was a major breakthrough that showcases El Lissitzky’s new ideas on constructivism. This poster was produced in the same year that Lissitzky would paint his first Proun. He had a fascination with type that led him to the idea of combining the geometry of the Proun with typography. (6. Pg.254) However, it’s important to note that this work is actually not considered to be, or labeled as a Proun. These new ideas would later develop into the production of the now missing factory board that was located in Vitebsk, which is debated to made somewhere around the same year. (2. Pg.199) These ideas, combined with his architectural background, would also evolve into his breakthrough typographic work in Mayakovsky’s book of poetry entitled, For the Voice. (4. Pg.213) What factors had to come together for all of this to happen? How is constructivism involved in these designs mentioned? …show more content…
During this time, a revolution in Russia had taken place that ended tsarist rule, and now the Russian Civil War (1917-1921) was happening. (9. Pg.72) VTSIK was handling the first two years of Soviet poster production. However, in June of 1919, Litizdat, a publishing department, was established to handle Soviet poster production throughout the civil war years. There was a vast amount of military publishing produced by other entities. A Soldier’s Pravda ran from April 1917 to March 1918, and many more military newspapers, and journals were continuing to be mass produced. (7.