Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (, ; – December 30, 1941), known as
El Lissitzky (, ), was a
Russian artist,
designer,
photographer,
typographer,
polemicist 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. His work greatly influenced the
Bauhaus and
constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate 20th-century graphic design.