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15:20 14 October 2019

Family of UNOVIS founder Lazar Khidekel visits Vitebsk

In 2020, the UNOVIS group of artists would have turned 100. The group was set up by students and teachers of Vitebsk People's Art School Among them were Mark Chagall, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich and Lazar Khidekel.

On 13 October, Vitebsk welcomed Lazar Khidekel's family: his son Mark, daughter-in-law Regina, and grandson Roman. Mark Khidekel said that he was excited to visit his father's native city and the Museum of the History of Vitebsk People's Art School where his father's career began.

Pictured: Mark Khidekel

Photo by Aleksandr Khitrov, BelTA

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