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Berlewi, Henryk (1894–1967) By Głuchowska, Lidia

DOI: 10.4324/9781135000356-REM1535-1
Published: 02/05/2017
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The Polish painter, graphic designer and art critic Henryk Berlewi was one of the outstanding figures of Polish Constructivism and the Yiddish Avant-Garde. As a theoretician and innovator of functional typography he became a precursor of Op Art and Minimal Art.

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Głuchowska, Lidia. "Berlewi, Henryk (1894–1967)." The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. : Taylor and Francis, 2016. Date Accessed 28 Nov. 2023 https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/berlewi-henryk-1894-1967. doi:10.4324/9781135000356-REM1535-1

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