El Lissitzky

2 works by El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890–1941) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.

El Lissitzky was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and architect. He was an important figure of the avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of El Lissitzky's work on the site falls under Abstract (44), Illustration (37), Drawings (1).

By movement, it's catalogued as Art Deco (67), Expressionism (16).

Culture: Russian (83).

By orientation: 14 landscape, 69 portrait.

Dated work in this group ranges from 1919 to 1929.

Other Russian artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• Wassily Kandinsky — 307 artworks
• Alexej von Jawlensky — 238 artworks
• Alexandre Jacovleff — 153 artworks
• Léon Bakst — 78 artworks
• Léon Bakst — 78 artworks
• Kazimir Malevich — 74 artworks
• Ivan Bilibin — 51 artworks
• Elena Dmitrievna Polenova — 31 artworks

Prints of these artworks

Every artwork here can be downloaded as the original high-resolution file, or ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print from $21.99, shipping included.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.

Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.