Designer · Russia · 1890–1941
El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky (1890–1941) – Russian painter, graphic artist, architect and typographer, co-founder of Constructivism, influencing De Stijl and Bauhaus.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1890–1941
- Country
- Russia
- Manufacturers
- Tecta
Eliezer Lisicki, known as El Lissitzky, was born in 1890 in Pochinok. He studied architecture in Darmstadt. In 1919, he became a professor at an art school in Vitebsk, where he met, among others, Marc Chagall and Kazimir Malevich.
From 1921 to 1925, he worked in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and from 1925 at Vkhutemas in Moscow. He was a co-founder of Constructivism, while remaining strongly influenced by Suprematism. His geometric compositions, known as Prouns, combined painting with architecture. From 1923 to 1925, he designed a group of skyscrapers called “Wolkenbügel” for Moscow.
Lissitzky’s style influenced design in the 1920s and 1930s, including the De Stijl group and Bauhaus. He died in 1941 in Moscow.
