Artist · 10 prints
Sergey Ivanov Prints
About Sergey Ivanov
Sergey Ivanovich Ivanov (1885–1942) was a Russian and Soviet painter and graphic artist, born in Moscow. He studied at the Stroganov School of Industrial Art from 1897 to 1907 and then at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture until 1916. Early on he painted portraits of actors and designed sets and costumes for Moscow theatres, including the Bolshoi, and from 1924 to 1940 he was chief artist of the Maly Theatre.
After the 1917 revolution Sergey Ivanov designed propaganda posters and decorations for revolutionary holidays. His posters from around 1919 to 1921 include May Day designs, A Book Is Nothing Other Than a Person Speaking Publicly (1920) and Long Live the Third Communist International! (about 1921). He belonged to Makovets, a union of painters and poets. He died in 1942 in Samarkand, where he had been evacuated during the Second World War.
Sergey Ivanov prints: reproductions of Soviet propaganda posters Sergey Ivanov designed around 1920, in the years after the Russian Revolution. Works here include The Proletarians of Russia Have Broken the Chains of Slavery, Citizens! Get Vaccinated Against Cholera, Time Does Not Wait! and A Book Is Nothing Other Than a Person Speaking Publicly.
This selection covers the main themes of Ivanov's poster work: labour and industry, May Day celebrations, reading and education, and public health. Most combine a bold central figure or scene with large Russian slogans, and each print title gives an English translation.
The bold graphics suit a study, office, kitchen or hallway, and they work well grouped as a set or alongside other early Soviet posters. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
