El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky)
Russia (1890—1941)El Lissitzky showed an early aptitude for art but was denied admission to the Art Academy in Saint Petersburg, probably because of restrictions on Jewish students. He studied architectural engineering in Darmstadt, Germany, from 1909 to 1914. Returning to Russia during the First World War, he became involved in Jewish art and book design. In 1919, Marc Chagall invited him to teach architecture and graphic design at the art school in Vitebsk, where he met Kazimir Malevich and joined UNOVIS, a group devoted to Suprematism. He developed his Proun series, exploring the relationship between painting and architecture. In 1921, he returned to Germany and became involved in Constructivism. His architectural projects included Wolkenbügel, a proposal for horizontal skyscrapers. Back in the Soviet Union from 1925, he continued working in architecture and graphic design, including propaganda, until his death in Moscow in 1941.
An old man, his head two paces behind
Announcer
Anxious ones
Das Entfesselte Theater
Erste russische Kunstausstellung
For the voice
Foto-auge
Good! An october poem
Gravediggers
I want a child
Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung
Kunstismus, 1914-1924
MA 2
Merz 6
Merz 7
Merz 8-9
Of two squares. A suprematist tale in six constructions
Of two squares: A suprematist tale in six constructions
Part of the mechanical setting
Portrait of Kurt Schwitters I
Portrait of Kurt Schwitters II
Projet du décor commémoratif des ateliers du comité de la lutte contre le chomage
Self-portrait I
Self-portrait II
Sentry
Sportsmen
The four basic arithmetical operations
The globetrotter
The new man
The sentinel
Unovis Nº1
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Zenit
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