Vadim Kovrigin Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1901 - d. 1968

Vadim Kovrigin (1901–1962) was a well-known Soviet photographer, a friend of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kazimir Malevich and Alexander Rodchenko. In the 1930s, he worked as a photographer for the magazine SSSR na stroike and for the state news agency TASS. In the late 1940s, he captured on camera the major state events and political figures, including Joseph Stalin. He was tried for treason in 1950; after rehabilitation in 1956, Kovrigin worked for TASS.