Vadim Ryndin, Russian, 1902 to 1974, gouache and pencil on paper theatre costume design, 1927. Signed and dated lower right. Vadim Fyodorovich Ryndin, a Soviet costume and stage designer, Peoples Artist of the USSR, a fellow of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, studied at the Free Art and Craft Studio in Voronezh and at VKhUTEMAS in Moscow. He was a member of such associations as Makovets, Moscow Artists Society, The Four Arts, and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. He held the position of art director at theaters such as the Chamber Theater, the Vakhtangov Theater, the Moscow Drama Theater, and the Bolshoi Theater. Russian Soviet Art Design Paintings And Collectibles.