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Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova (23 October 1894 – 20 May 1958) was a Russian artist associated with the constructivist movement. Varvara Stepanova, born in Kaunas (in modern Lithuania) came from peasant origins, but was able to obtain an education at the Kazan School of Art, in Kazan. Read the full biography

Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova (23 October 1894 – 20 May 1958) was a Russian artist associated with the constructivist movement. Varvara Stepanova, born in Kaunas (in modern Lithuania) came from peasant origins, but was able to obtain an education at the Kazan School of Art, in Kazan. There she met her future husband and collaborator Alexander Rodchenko. In the years leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, they rented an apartment in Moscow, owned by Wassily Kandinsky. These artists became some of the leading figures of the Russian avant-garde. The new abstract art in Russia, which began around 1915, was the culmination of the influences of Cubism, Italian Futurism, and traditional peasant art. In the years following the revolution, Stepanova was involved in poetry, philosophy, painting, graphic art, theater scenography, and textile and clothing design. He contributed to the work for the V State Exhibition and the Tenth State Exhibition, both in 1919.