Editing Lyubov Popova (section)

== Early life ==
Popova was born in [[Ivanovskoye District|Ivanovskoe]], near [[Moscow]], to the wealthy family of Sergei Maximovich Popov, a very successful textile merchant and vigorous patron of the arts, and Lyubov Vasilievna Zubova, who came from a highly cultured family. Lyubov Sergeyevna had two brothers and a sister: Sergei was the eldest, then Lyubov, Pavel and Olga. Pavel became a philosopher and the guardian of his sister's artistic legacy.<ref name=":1">Dabrowski, M., ''Liubov Popova'', Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1991, p.122.</ref>

Popova grew up with a strong interest in art, especially [[Italian Renaissance]] painting. At eleven years old she began formal art lessons at home. She was first enrolled in Yaltinskaia's Women's Gymnasium, then in Arseneva's Gymnasium in Moscow.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Women Artists, 1550-1950|last = Harris|first = Ann Sutherland|publisher = Museum Associates of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art|year = 1976|isbn = 0-394-41169-2|location = New York|pages = [https://archive.org/details/womenartists155000harr/page/310 310]|url = https://archive.org/details/womenartists155000harr/page/310}}</ref> By the age of 18 she was studying with [[Stanislav Zhukovsky]], and in 1908 entered the private studios of [[Konstantin Yuon]] and [[Ivan O. Dudin|Ivan Dudin]]. Between 1912 and 1913, she began attending the studios of the Cubist painters [[Henri Le Fauconnier]] and [[Jean Metzinger]] at [[Académie de La Palette]] in Paris.<ref name=":0" />