Rodchenko

American  

[rod-cheng-koh, rawt-chyin-kuh] / rɒdˈtʃɛŋ koʊ, ˈrɔt tʃyɪn kə /

noun

1. Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.

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Rodchenko British  

/ rɒdˈtʃɛŋkəʊ /

noun

1. Alexander ( Mikhailovich ). 1891–1956, Soviet painter, sculptor, designer, and photographer, noted for his abstract geometrical style: a member of the constructivist movement

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Example Sentences

In the late 1970s, she began to incorporate techniques of abstraction and typographic eccentricity pioneered by Alexander Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova and others of the early 20th century Russian avant-garde.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022

Reuters has seen an order from an official from the Investigative Committee, which, as in the case of Khomenko, requested that Rodchenko have a medical examination.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2020

Cubism was “a race to flatness”; Suprematism was “the zero point of painting”; Rodchenko said he made “the last painting”; Ad Reinhardt one-upped him saying he was “making the last painting which anyone can make.”

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2016

Other pioneering photographers in the exhibition will include Alexander Rodchenko and Edward Steichen.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2016

But they hark back, naturally, to pioneers of geometric abstraction like Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Aleksandr Rodchenko, and to ’50s painters like Ellsworth Kelly.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015