
THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
ART AND TECHNOLOGY: A NEW UNITY 1901–19282
EL LISSITZKY AND
PROUN
PROUN ROOM INSTALLATION
(Reconstructed in 1971)
Berlin, Germany
El Lissitzky (1890–1941), Designer
Pochinok, Russia
1923
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (1890–1941), better
known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist,
graphic designer, photographer, typographer,
educator, and architect involved in the Russian
avant-garde movement of the 1920s. His work
greatly influenced the Bauhaus (1919; see page
75) and constructivist movements, as well as
the development of twentieth-century architec-
ture and graphic design.
Lissitzky was born in Pochinok, Russia, in
1890 and ...