Dmitri V. Sarabianov Bücher

The meteorically bright and tragically brief career of the Russian painter and designer Liubov Popova is fully revealed only now, in this comprehensive study. Brilliantly original in her painting, Popova made important advances beyond Cubism into total abstraction. Her Constructivist stage designs stripped sets of extraneous decor and exposed the essential core of the production. Her designs for textiles incorporated abstract patterns with a freshness and boldness entirely new to the field. A major influence in the Western art of our day, Popova's work was and continues to be immensely influential in Russian art. In preparing the first and only full-scale study of Popova, the authors, both distinguished Soviet art historians, have had unique access to the artist's archives and to her friends and associates.