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El Lissitzky

1890 - 1941

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El Lissitzky (Russian: Эль Лиси́цкий, born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky Russian: Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий, ; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1890 – 30 December 1941), was a Soviet Jewish artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, 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. Lissitzky began his career illustrating Yiddish children's books in an effort to promote Jewish culture in Russia. He started teaching at the age of 15, maintaining his teaching career for most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. El Lissitzky is the 17th most popular artist, the 170th most popular biography from Russia (down from 166th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Artist.

El Lissitzky is most famous for his work in the Russian avant-garde art movement. He is most famous for his work on the Russian Pavilion for the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, El Lissitzky ranks 17 out of 125. Before him are Hiroshige, Joseph Beuys, Käthe Kollwitz, Luca Signorelli, Theo van Doesburg, and Yves Klein. After him are Anders Zorn, Roy Lichtenstein, Adolph Menzel, David Hockney, Keith Haring, and Kurt Schwitters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, El Lissitzky ranks 23. Before him are Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, Man Ray, Bohuslav Martinů, Walther Funk, and Carlos Gardel. After him are Jaroslav Heyrovský, Robert Ley, Franz Werfel, Kurt Student, Maria Goretti, and Hermann Joseph Muller. Among people deceased in 1941, El Lissitzky ranks 18. Before him are Paul Sabatier, Émile Bernard, Arthur Evans, James George Frazer, Robert Delaunay, and Ioannis Metaxas. After him are Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Marina Tsvetaeva, Émile Picard, Hans Spemann, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, and Alexej von Jawlensky.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, El Lissitzky ranks 170 out of 3,761. Before him are Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Ivan Goncharov (1812), Alexander Kolchak (1874), Felix Steiner (1896), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), and Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895). After him are False Dmitry I (1581), Eduard Limonov (1943), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), and Wladimir Köppen (1846).

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Among ARTISTS In Russia

Among artists born in Russia, El Lissitzky ranks 2. Before him are Käthe Kollwitz (1867). After him are Onfim (1250), Aleksandr Golovin (1863), and Petr Pavlensky (1984).

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