The Russian poster & art of Sergey Ignatevich Datskevich
| International Women's Day 1920 | Fortune 1959 | Ostatni Etap 1948 | Yaroslav Hunka & Ukraine | Sergey Datskevich, Фуртуна / Furtuna [Fortune], 1959, offset lithograph poster, 29 x 39 inches. Contents Constructivist tradition Fortune 1959 Posters Film Release titles Datskevich posters References ------------------------ 1. The Constructivist tradition Russian movie posters from the 1920s are internationally known for their application of geometric abstraction known as Constructivism, in stark contrast to the rather bland posters coming out of the United States and England during the same period which featured head shots of major players and reproductions of film stills, usually with no artistic element apart from an emphasis on graphic design which tended towards generic (Tupitsyn 2009). Utilising stone lithography, collage and photomontage in dramatic, angular forms, and often utilising close-up, deformed, despairing or glamorous