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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
El Lissitzky canonical 28
Lazar Lissitzky 1
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky 1

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
fieldOfWork abstract art ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
book design ⓘ
exhibition design ⓘ
graphic design ⓘ
typography ⓘ
fullName Lazar Markovich Lissitzky ⓘ
linked to: El 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 Markovich ⓘ
linked to: Markovitch
placeOfBirth Pochinok, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow, Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: Moscow
pseudonym El Lissitzky ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedAt Vitebsk Art School ⓘ
Vkhutemas ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → Lazar Markovich Lissitzky ⓘ
linked to: El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky → pseudonym → El Lissitzky ⓘ
Alexander Rodchenko → influenced → El Lissitzky ⓘ
VKhUTEMAS → notableTeacher → El Lissitzky ⓘ
UNOVIS → hasMember → El Lissitzky ⓘ
Proun series → creator → El Lissitzky ⓘ
Vkhutemas → notableTeacher → El Lissitzky ⓘ
Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий → также известен как → Эль Лисицкий ⓘ
linked to: El Lissitzky
About Two Squares → author → El Lissitzky ⓘ
About Two Squares → creator → El Lissitzky ⓘ
About Two Squares → hasIllustrator → El Lissitzky ⓘ
The Isms of Art → author → El Lissitzky ⓘ
The Isms of Art → creator → El Lissitzky ⓘ
The Isms of Art → illustrator → El Lissitzky ⓘ
Constructivist typography → associatedWith → Lazar Lissitzky ⓘ
linked to: El Lissitzky