El
Lissitzky
The Life and Art of El Lissitzky Born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky on November 23, 1890, the man who would become known as El Lissitzky entered a world of quiet tradition in Pochinok. This small Jewish community lay about 50 kilometers southeast of Smolensk in the …
A portrait built from El Lissitzky's own colours
Every 71 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.