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Lilya Yuryevna Brik (alternatively spelled Lili or Lily; Russian: Ли́ля Ю́рьевна Брик; née Kagan; November 11 [ O.S. October 30] 1891 – August 4, 1978) was a Russian author and socialite, connected to many leading figures in the Russian avant-garde between 1914 and 1930.
The stormy affair between the legendary “singer of the revolution”, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and a “proponent of depravity”, Lilya Brik, lasted 15 years, until the poet's suicide in 1930. He devoted...
Oct 14, 2020 · The clarity and conviction of Rodchenko’s original design has seen his portrait of writer and socialite Lilya Brik become a staple of visual culture. Samuel Goff explores the story behind the image, and reflects upon its enduring popularity.
Jul 19, 2019 · Completed in early 1923, Pro eto is a lyric love poem dedicated to the poet’s lover Lilya Brik, a writer, actor, artist and the wife of his publisher, Osip Brik, following a two-month separation. Their relationship was tumultuous to say the least, and the poem expresses Mayakovsky’s feelings of jealousy and emotional insecurities.
Lily Brik, one of Russian and Soviet culture's most enigmatic women who was admired by many important men, was known for her wit and beauty and helped many talented people to become famous. She was born Lilya Urievna Kagan, in 1891, in Moscow, Russia, into a Jewish family of a lawyer and a music teacher.
- November 11, 1891
- August 4, 1978
Jan 20, 2008 · Lilya Brik was the darling of Russia's avant-garde and muse to its most exciting artists. A new exhibition of work by her biggest champion reveals that her life was...
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Osip Maksimovich Brik (Russian: Осип Максимович Брик; 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1888 – 22 February 1945) was a Russian avant garde writer and literary critic, who was one of the most important members of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified himself as one of the Futurists.
