Aleksei Gan

[5] In March 1921, Gan was one of the seven artists, including Alexander Rodchenko and his wife Varvara Stepanova, who announced themselves as the First Working Group of Constructivists.

[6] The group rejected fine art in favour of graphic design, photography, posters, and political propaganda.

[7] Gan collaborated with Aleksandr Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova on a Constructivist manifesto in 1922,[8] and published his own pamphlet Konstruktivism in the same year.

[11] He married Esfir Shub, a prominent female soviet documentary filmmaker.

[12] Gan was arrested for "counter-revolutionary" activities in October 1941, found guilty in August 1942, and executed on 8 September 1942.