Liubov Popova was a leading figure in early 20th century abstract art. As a youngster she developed a keen interest in drawing and sketching, as well as a love of Italian Renaissance art. Prior to the Revolution in 1917, Liubov was one of the most important Russian artists who came to maturity. Despite her absurdly short career, she co-founded Russian Constructivism, and prior to the Stalinist clampdown in 1929, she developed the avant-garde Russian art. From 1912, Liubov developed her inventive technique called “Cubo-Futurism.” This style was developed from the repetition, force-lines and rich colors of Italian Futurism. After this, Liubov joined Malevich Kasimir in his movement called Suprematism. She wanted to explore a purer form of non-objective art, and in the process she eventually produced her series of abstract paintings which were referred to as “Painterly Architectonics” which employed Constructivist elements of color ratio, space, line and surface.
After an exhibition that took place around 1921, she left fine art painting and decided to concentrate more in practical art. Liubov was alongside Goncharova Natalia as the dominant female artist in Russian art of the early twentieth century. Her art are found in man galleries today and they can be used to decorate any space. Popova has been described by Camilla Gray, the art scholar, as the most outstanding painter - after Malevich Kasimir and Tatlin Vladimir - of the post-1914 abstract school in Russia. Her art is easily recognizable from among the works of other artists because of her unique finishing style.
