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Unlike most members of the Russian avant-garde, Pavel Filonov did not criticise the preceding movements in art or reject figurativeness in painting. The most important factor in his approach towards ...
This is one of the many interpretations of biblical subjects in Pavel Filonov ’s art. The meaning of this particular parable, which combines the worldly and the eternal, lies beyond the bounds of the...
This portrait differs greatly from Pavel Filonov ’s other works of the mid-1910s. The artist unexpectedly betrays his interest in classical art and long hours spent in the Hermitage, contemplating an...
Compositions entitled Heads are often encountered in the paintings and drawings of Pavel Filonov, particularly in the mid-1920s. In many works of this period, the human head and face act as a blank c...
In 1912, when Cubism was making headlines across Europe, Pavel Filonov began developing the principles of Analytical Art. He rejected the geometric representational scholastics of Cubism, preferring ...
This picture is an excellent example of Pavel Filonov’s deep and natural perception of Russian folklore and his genuine interest in the expressive beauty of national folk customs. The canvas was pain...
An outstanding Russian portraitist, Ilya Repin generally confined himself to images of relatives and friends in the 1870s. One of the most outstanding works from this period is his portrait of the fa...
Ivan Vladimirov painted this canvas in 1910, which was the year that Arkhip Kuinji died. This scene was repeated day in and day out for many years, giving journalists and caricaturists occasion to po...
Arkhip Kuinji painted more than five hundred works, mostly small studies and sketches. This particular example was painted on the edge of the Black Sea, near the small town of Kikeneiz on the souther...
This is one of Arkhip Kuinji ’s most famous paintings, well-known to Russian viewers and often included in publications on the history of Russian art in the second half of the nineteenth century. The...