Mikhail Larionov
Artist Mikhail Larionov was a bright, optimistic and extraordinary man. He perceived reality under his special look and complex perspective. This was manifested both in life and in his creative fantasies. At the beginning
Cloth “Peacocks” belongs to the early stage of the artist. It is made in a modernist style, but contains elements of classic elegance and sophistication. The picture with its restrained mean color recalls a
Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov found that period of Russian art, when it was necessary to find new artistic techniques. However, the master considered it wrong to completely abandon the aesthetics and principles of predecessors in
Larionov in various years were created diverse versions of the image of the peacock. The canvas, written in 1908 and located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Omsk, is deliberately decorative, it is
Mikhail Larionov painted the picture “Venus” in 1912. At that time, he was interested in manifestations of folk art, children’s drawings and art objects of ancient cultures. Therefore, archaic, simplified, even infantile stylistic resources