El Lisitskij
(1890–1941) rysk konstnär, designer, fotograf, typograf och arkitekt
El Lisitskij (1890–1941) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, a draughtsman, a photographer, and a designer. By year of birth, El Lisitskij belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.
El Lisitskij was born in Pochinok and died in Moscow. El Lisitskij trained at Riga Technical University and Technical University of Darmstadt. El Lisitskij worked in Hanover. Wikidata associates El Lisitskij with Constructivism and Suprematism.
The works belong mainly to the genres Suprematism and Constructivism. The catalogue has 11 works by El Lisitskij with free images. The dated works span the years 1910–1924. Works by El Lisitskij are held by several collections, among them Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Museum of Modern Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Walter Trier, Rudolf Schlichter, Vytautas Kairiūkštis, Chudomir (Dimitar Chorbadzhiyski), and Béni Ferenczy.