Research topic: El Lissitzky

El Lissitzky (Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky) , 1890-1941, Russian painter, designer, teacher, and architect. Lissitzky studied at Darmstadt and later taught at the Moscow Academy of Arts, collaborating with avant-garde artists and architects. Begun in 1919, his series of abstract geometric paintings entitled Proun (an acronym for "project for the affirmation of the new" ), as well as his many prints, were key works in Russia's suprematist movement (see suprematism ). Lissitzky left Russia (1921) after Lenin issued an edict against the avant-garde. Living in Germany, he introduced suprematist... Read more