On a day like today Lazar Markovich Lissitzky was born (November 11 1890 – December 30, 1941). Better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian Avant Garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate 20th-century graphic design. Lissitzkys entire career was laced with the belief that the artist could be an agent for change, later summarized with his edict, das zielbewußte Schaffen (goal-oriented creation). Lissitzky, of Jewish оrigin, began his career illustrating Yiddish childrens books in an effort to promote Jewish culture in Russia, a country that was undergoing massive change at the time and that had just repealed its antisemitic laws. When only 15 he started teaching; a duty he would stay with for most of his life.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:39:33 +0000
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