Lyubov
Popova
Born in 1889, Lyubov Popova was an avant-garde
artist, painter, and designer. Her art was often in
the Cubist, Suprematist, and Constructivist styles.
Cubism
• A fusion of Italian and French
styles centralized around the
idea of the future, this style was
uniquely a Russian development.
Suprematism
• More abstract than cubism,
Suprematism revolves around
geometrical figures overlapping
each other to form one
cohesive, abstract work.
Constructivism
• Being comprised of abstract
structures made of assorted
futuristic textures and objects,
her constructivist works were
mostly in the form of fabrics,
though her work spread off of
the canvas and on to pretty
much every other medium.
Artistic Peak and Death
• Popova died at the peak of her artistic prowess. Contracting scarlet
fever from her son, she died a mere two days after him in 1924. A
large exhibition of her work opened at Stroganov Institute in 1925,
which was comprised of 77 paintings, as well as books, posters, textile
designs, and line engravings.
Sources
• “Lyubov Popova.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Nov. 2018,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyubov_Popova.
• Google Images