El Lissitzky

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El Lissitzky was a pioneering Russian avant-garde artist, designer, and architect whose innovative work in typography, exhibition design, and abstract art helped shape the development of Constructivism and modern graphic design.

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El Lissitzky canonical 14
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky 1

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instanceOf Russian avant-garde artist
architect
artist
graphic designer
illustrator
photographer
set designer
teacher
typographer
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
collaboratedWith Alexander Rodchenko
Kazimir Malevich
Soviet avant-garde artists
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1890-11-23
dateOfDeath 1941-12-30
designed Soviet pavilions for international exhibitions
educatedAt Riga Polytechnic Institute
Technical University of Darmstadt
surface form: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork abstract art
architecture
book design
exhibition design
graphic design
typography
fullName El Lissitzky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
givenName Lazar
influenced Bauhaus
international constructivist movement
modern graphic design
influencedBy Kazimir Malevich
Suprematism
movement Constructivism
Russian avant-garde
Suprematism
nativeName Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий
notableFor development of Proun (Project for the Affirmation of the New)
innovative use of typography in book and poster design
pioneering modern exhibition design
propaganda posters for the Soviet state
notableWork About Two Squares
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge
Proun series
The Isms of Art
occupation architect
artist
exhibition designer
graphic designer
illustrator
professor
typographer
patronymicName Markovitch
surface form: Markovich
placeOfBirth Pochinok, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
placeOfDeath Moscow
surface form: Moscow, Soviet Union
pseudonym El Lissitzky
sexOrGender male
workedAt Vitebsk School of Art
surface form: Vitebsk Art School

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Constructivism notableProponent El Lissitzky
Vitebsk School of Art notableMember El Lissitzky
Kazimir Malevich influenced El Lissitzky
Suprematism notableArtist El Lissitzky
Russian avant-garde notableArtist El Lissitzky
European avant-garde hasKeyFigure El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky fullName El Lissitzky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
El Lissitzky pseudonym El Lissitzky
Alexander Rodchenko influenced El Lissitzky
VKhUTEMAS notableTeacher El Lissitzky
UNOVIS hasMember El Lissitzky