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El Lissitzky

Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect (1890-1941) · Russia · Artists · Died at 51

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He turned geometry into revolution - flat planes, sharp diagonals, and floating type that looked like the future crashing into now. His Proun works and exhibition designs rewired how space could mean something, and Soviet propaganda got its sleekest, coldest edge from his hand.

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1941Died30 December 19411925“The term A[rt] resembles a chemist's graduated glass. Each age contributes its own quantity: for example, 5 grams of the perfume 'Coty' to tickle the nostrils of the fine gentry.”In their wordsQuote of El Lissitzky, 1925, from his text: 'A. and Pangeometry', in Architecture for World Revolution; trans. Paul Filotas et al. (London:

1923“New space neither needs nor demands pictures - it is not a picture transposed on a surface. This explains the painters' hostility towards us [a.”In their wordscritical quote of Lissitzky c. 1923, in Proun Space - in An Architecture for World Revolution, El Lissitzky; translation Eric Dluhosch;

1920“We have named PROUN [the art, stepping over from painting to architecture] a station on the path to the construction of the new form..”In their wordsQuotes from: 'Theses on the PROUN: From painting to architecture' El Lissitzky, (Vitebsk - Moscow, 1920); as cited on the charnel house,

“We analyzed the first stage of our construction, confined to two-dimensional space, and found it to be as durable and resistant as the earth itself.”In their wordsQuotes from: 'Theses on the PROUN: From painting to architecture' El Lissitzky, (Vitebsk - Moscow, 1920); as cited on the charnel house,

“The pace of life has increased in the last few decades just as the speed of the motor bicycle has been exceeded many times over by the aeroplane.”In their words(despite its title, this text acted as a retrospective commentary on Malevich's original formulation of Suprematism and advances a far

“It proved to be essential to clear the site for the new building. This idea was a forerunner of futurism which exposed the relentless nature of its motivating power.”In their words(despite its title, this text acted as a retrospective commentary on Malevich's original formulation of Suprematism and advances a far

1890Born10 November 1890

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  1. The term A[rt] resembles a chemist's graduated glass. Each age contributes its own quantity: for example, 5 grams of the perfume 'Coty' to tickle the nostrils of the fine gentry.

    1925, Quote of El Lissitzky, 1925, from his text: 'A. and Pangeometry', in Architecture for World Revolution; trans. Paul Filotas et al. (London:, Own words

  2. We have had enough perpetually hearing MACHINE MACHINE MACHINE MACHINE.

    1924, statement of Lissitzky, 1924; as quoted by Paul Galvez, in 'Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Monkey-Hand October', Vol. 93, (Summer, 2000),, Own words

  3. New space neither needs nor demands pictures - it is not a picture transposed on a surface. This explains the painters' hostility towards us [a.

    1923, critical quote of Lissitzky c. 1923, in Proun Space - in An Architecture for World Revolution, El Lissitzky; translation Eric Dluhosch;, Own words

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Lazar Markovich Lissitzky started illustrating Yiddish children's books to keep Jewish culture alive, teaching from age 15 onward. He studied under Kazimir Malevich and helped develop suprematism, then led the art group UNOVIS and spun off his own variant series, Proun. In 1921 he moved to the Weimar Republic, where he overhauled typography, photomontage, exhibition design, and book layout, winning international recognition. He kept teaching and innovating across schools and media for decades, exchanging ideas wherever he landed. In 1941, dying, he designed a propaganda poster urging more tanks against Nazi Germany - one last call from the deathbed.

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Russia
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1941 · aged 51

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