Vladimir Lebedev (Russian, 1891 – 1967)
Workers
15 x 10 3/8 inches
Gouache on paper
Signed lower right, c. 1930s

Vladimir Lebedev was a Soviet painter and graphic artist famous for his exceptional illustrations of the poems of the prominent poet and translator Samuil Marshak. At the age of 19, he held his first exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1913, he began work as a cartoonist for several satirical journals, including the famed “Satirikon”. Lebedev worked for The Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) and The Department of Agitation (Agitprop) where he designed propaganda posters. By the 1920s, Lebedev had befriended many notable persons of his time, such as Vladimir Tatlin, Ivan Puni, Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Mayakovsky. In 2012, his work was included in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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