Vitebsk School of Art

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The Vitebsk School of Art was an influential early 20th-century artistic movement and teaching center in Vitebsk, Belarus, associated with avant-garde artists such as Marc Chagall and Kazimir Malevich.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art school
artistic movement
avant-garde art movement
associatedWith El Lissitzky
Kazimir Malevich
Marc Chagall
UNOVIS
Vera Ermolaeva NERFINISHED
country Belarus
director Marc Chagall
dissolved 1920s
educationalInstitutionType art school
fieldOfWork art education
graphic arts
painting
foundedBy Marc Chagall
genre abstract art
modern art
hasPart UNOVIS
heritage Belarusian culture
Jewish cultural heritage
inception 1918
influenced Soviet avant-garde art
UNOVIS
influencedBy Cubism
Futurism
Suprematism
languageOfWorkOrName Belarusian
Russian
locatedIn Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Vitebsk
Vitebsk Governorate
locationOfFormation Vitebsk
mainBuildingUse art education
movement Cubism
Futurism
Russian avant-garde
Suprematism
notableFor development of Suprematist teaching methods
integration of avant-garde art into provincial cultural life
notableMember El Lissitzky
Kazimir Malevich
Marc Chagall
notableStudent El Lissitzky
partOf Russian avant-garde
region Eastern Europe
significantPlace Vitebsk
timePeriod early 20th century

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Vitebsk artMovementAssociated Vitebsk School of Art