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constructivist (adjective) (not comparable)
Relating to the Russian movement in modern art which was characterized by the creation of non-representational geometric objects using industrial materials: "The constructivist artists used metal, glass, etc. to make their artistic presentations."
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constructivist (s) (noun), constructivists (pl)
A practitioner of or an artist of abstract art: "There was a constructivist movement in modern art originating in Moscow in 1920 which was characterized by the use of industrial materials such as glass, sheet metal, and plastic to create nonrepresentational, often geometric objects."

"The leading constructivists were the brothers Naum Gabo, a Russian-born US sculptor (1890-1977) and Antoine Pevsner, who was a Russian sculptor and painter (1886-1962)."

"Antoine was influenced by cubism while in Paris in 1911 and 1913. During World War I he was in Norway with his brother Naum Gabo. They returned to Moscow after the Russian Revolution and he and Gabo worked together in 1920 on the Manifesto of Constructivism."

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