Proun series

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The Proun series is a group of abstract, geometric artworks by El Lissitzky that bridge painting and architecture and are considered a key expression of the Russian avant-garde.

All labels observed (2)

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Proun series canonical 2
серия «ПРОУН» 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian avant-garde art
abstract art
art series
geometric abstraction
artForm architectural design
drawing
painting
printmaking
associatedWithInstitution UNOVIS group
linked to: UNOVIS

Vitebsk Art School
colorPalette black
gray
limited color palette
red
white
conceptualRole bridge between painting and architecture
countryOfOrigin Russia
creator El Lissitzky
describedAs “station where one changes from painting to architecture”
endTime mid 1920s
genre abstract art
geometric abstraction
hasPart Proun 19D
linked to: Proun 1C

Proun 1C
Proun 99
linked to: Proun 1C

Proun Room
historicalSignificance key expression of the Russian avant-garde
inception 1919
early 1920s
influenced Bauhaus artists
linked to: Bauhaus movement

international constructivist art
modern graphic design
influencedBy Constructivism
Cubism
Kazimir Malevich
Suprematism
locationOfExhibition Berlin
Moscow
locationOfFirstExhibition Vitebsk
mainSubject architectonic space
geometric forms
spatial relationships
movement Constructivism
Russian avant-garde
Suprematism
notableWork Proun Room
usesTechnique axonometrical projection
collage
printmaking

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian avant-garde notableWork Proun series
El Lissitzky notableWork Proun series
Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий известное произведение серия «ПРОУН»
linked to: Proun series