
1906 (Berikul, Tyumen province; according to other information — Tomsk) — 1997
Painter, scene-designer
Konstantin Rozhdestvensky studied at the Art School of the painter N. M. Polyakov in Tomsk. In 1923 he was sent to Leningrad in order to study painting. He became postgraduate student under the guidance of K. Malevich in the State Institute of Artistic Culture (GINKhUK), later in the State Institute of Art History (GII). In 1925–1927 Rozhdestvensky worked as a research scientist in poster department in the Institute of decorative art.
In early 1930s Rozhdestvensky was engaged in applied arts, scene-design, and decoration of exhibitions. In 1937 he took part in design of the Soviet pavilion at the International exhibition in Paris, in 1939 — design of the Soviet pavilion at the World exhibition in New York.
In 1981 Rozhdestvensky participated in the exhibition Moscow–Paris. In 1990 he exposed his works at the exhibition 1930s in the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 1992 the personal exhibition of the artist was held in the Gallery Gmurzynska in Cologne. Rozhdestvensky also took part in the exhibition of Moscow Section of the Union of Artists (MOSKh) 1920s–1930s in the Central House of Artist in Moscow. In 1992–1993 his works were exposed at the exhibition The Great Utopia in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York and Moscow (the State Tretyakov Gallery).