Aleksey Morgunov
Russian painter (1884–1935)
Aleksei Alekseevich Morgunov (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Моргунов; 21 October 1884, Moscow – 15 February 1935, Moscow) was a Russian Avant-Garde painter. His works were originally in the Neo-Primitivist style, but became influenced by Fauvism. Together with Kazimir Malevich and Ivan Kliun, he created a style known as "Februaryism". He later took up Neo-Classicism, then was forced to adopt the Socialist Realism model.
Biography
He is generally believed to have been the illegitimate son of the painter, Alexei Savrasov and, like him, suffered from alcoholism in his later years. His mother, Yekaterina, died in 1920. His initial studies began at the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry in 1899, but he also took private lessons from Konstantin Korovin and Sergey Ivanov. In 1904, he was accepted as a member of the Moscow Association of Artists and began to participate in their exhibitions. From 1909 to 1910, he travelled throughout Western Europe and came under the influence of Impressionism.
Upon returning, he established an informal workshop which became a meeting place for left-wing artists.
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