El Lissitzky
(Russian, 1890–1941)
Biography
El Lissitzky was an avant-garde Russian artist and major figure in both Suprematism and Constructivism. Lissitzky’s politically fueled poster designs, photographs, and paintings melded formal abstraction with typography, as seen in his Proun series. “The artist constructs a new symbol with his brush. This symbol is not a recognizable form of anything which is already finished, already made, already existing in the world,” he once mused. “It is a symbol of a new world, which is being built upon and which exists by way of people.” Born Lazar Markovich Lisitskii on November 23, 1890 to a Jewish family in the small village of Pochinok, Russia. Much of his childhood was spent in Vitebsk, where he studied art from a young age under Yehuda Pen, who also taught Marc Chagall. In 1909, Lissitzky moved to Germany to study architecture at the Technische Universität in Darmstadt. At the outbreak of World War I, he and other Russian emigres were forced back to Russia. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Lissitzky became involved with the newly formed Soviet government group Inkhuk (Institute for Artistic Culture). His work for the institute included designing exhibitions for Constructivist shows and typographies for books by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Lissitzky died on December 30, 1941 in Moscow, Russia. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, among others.
El Lissitzky Artworks
.jpg "Sonderheft Frank Lloyd Wright (bk by H. , 1921–1922")
El Lissitzky
Sonderheft Frank Lloyd Wright (bk by H. , 1921–1922
Sale Date: June 11, 2009
Auction Closed
.jpg "Die Sonne am Ende ihrer Flugbahn (bk by..., 1916")
El Lissitzky
Die Sonne am Ende ihrer Flugbahn (bk by..., 1916
Sale Date: June 11, 2009
Auction Closed
.jpg "The constructor (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1924")
El Lissitzky
Proun II - Blatt 2 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun, 1923
Sale Date: June 12, 2009
Auction Closed
El Lissitzky
Proun IV - Blatt 4 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun, 1923
Sale Date: June 12, 2009
Auction Closed
El Lissitzky
Proun III - Blatt 3 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun, 1923
Sale Date: June 12, 2009
Auction Closed
El Lissitzky
Figurinen zu: die plastische Gestaltung der..., 1923
Sale Date: June 12, 2009
Auction Closed
.jpg "Das Entfesselte Theater, Erstausgabe 1923..., 1923")
El Lissitzky
Das Entfesselte Theater, Erstausgabe 1923..., 1923
Sale Date: January 20, 2009
Auction Closed
.jpg "Arbeiter mit Globus (from nicht ohne..., 1920–1929")
El Lissitzky
Arbeiter mit Globus (from nicht ohne..., 1920–1929
Sale Date: December 5, 2008
Auction Closed
.jpg "Raboche krestyanskaya krasnaya armiya (The..., 1934")
El Lissitzky
Raboche krestyanskaya krasnaya armiya (The..., 1934
Sale Date: December 4, 2008
Auction Closed
.jpg "Zapiski poeta (The poet's notes), 1928")
El Lissitzky
Arkhitectura. Raboty arkhitekhturnogo..., 1927
Sale Date: December 4, 2008
Auction Closed
.jpg "Ukraynische folkmayses (Ukrainian folk tales), 1923")
El Lissitzky
Ukraynische folkmayses (Ukrainian folk tales), 1923
Sale Date: December 4, 2008
Auction Closed
©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved.