Portrait of a Philosopher
Lyubov Popova · 1915
Why it's great
A man's face and body are broken into overlapping shapes and letters, in a Cubist style Popova brought from Paris to Russia. She painted this in 1915 and died of scarlet fever in 1924 at the age of 35.
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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.
