Monday 21 November 2011

El Lissitsky


El Lissitzky - was a Russian Artist, typographer and designer.  Was a known figure in the Bauhaus and Constructavist movement. El Lissitzky was a Russian born artist, designer, typographer, photographer and architect who designed many exhibitions and propaganda for the Soviet Union in the early 20th century. His development of the ideas behind the Suprematist art movement were very influential in the development of the Bauhaus and the Constructivist art movements. His stylistic characteristics and experimentation with production techniques developed in the 1920s and 30s have been an influence on graphic designers since.



Image by DrbexlSize Unknown
1968, Plate 40


Image courtesy of Tate modern Victory Over the Sun
Lithograph on paper
image: 512 x 428 mm
on paper, print


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