
Liubov PopovaRusland, 1889–1924Mag men het zien?
New York, Verenigde Staten
Het hoort bij de collectie, maar is momenteel niet tentoongesteld.
1919
Her husband dies; she herself falls gravely ill
Boris von Eding dies of typhoid fever; Popova is also seriously ill but recovers.
by late 1921
Joins the Working Group of Constructivists
Having stayed out of the Working Group of Constructivists when it was set up in Moscow in March 1921, she joins it by the end of that year.
September 1921
The “5×5=25” exhibition
She takes part in the “5×5=25” exhibition with Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Vesnin and Alexandra Exter, each showing five abstract works. They declare that easel painting must be abandoned and all creative work given to the people and to the making of a new society.
1921–1924
Throws herself into Constructivist projects
From 1921 to 1924 she is entirely involved in Constructivist projects, sometimes with Varvara Stepanova, the architect Alexander Vesnin and Alexander Rodchenko: she designs stage sets, book typography, production art and textiles, and contributes dress designs to LEF. Her “Spatial Force Constructions” become the basis of her teaching theory at Vkhutemas.
1923
Designs fabrics for a textile printing works
She begins creating fabric designs to be manufactured by the First State Textile Printing Works in Moscow, and works briefly at the Cotton Printing Factory in Moscow with Varvara Stepanova.