Artist

Lyubov Popova

1889–1924 · born in Krasnovidovo · died in Moscow

Lyubov Popova was a Russian painter and designer born near Moscow in 1889. She studied in Paris, became a leader of the avant-garde in Moscow, and designed theater sets and fabrics for the new Soviet state. She died of scarlet fever in Moscow in 1924 at the age of 35.