Gustav Klutsis, Latvian, 1895 to 1938, letterpress photomontage illustration from the special double issue of the magazine Molodaya gvardiya dedicated to Lenin, 1924. Gustav Klutsis was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. He is known for the Soviet revolutionary and Stalinist propaganda he produced with his wife Valentina Kulagina and for the development of photomontage techniques. Soviet Lenin Propaganda And Constructivist Art Collectibles.