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THE LESSON OF THE BARBARIANS This first focuses on the years 1907-1912, the period in which the Neo-primitivism characteristic of the avant-garde encouraged the revival of a wide range of popular and folk traditions. This love of Russian popular art was reflected both in the subjects of these paintings but also in the use of brilliant colours characteristic of folk art and Russian icons. This section is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to the image of an imaginary Russia as created in the work of Kandinsky and Jawlensky in Munich. The second and larger section focuses on Goncharova and Larionov, while also including works by Mashkov, Malevich and the Georgian naive painter Piromanashvili. |
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Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation no. 4, 1909 Oil on canvas. 108 x 158.5 cm State Museum of Art, Nizhni Novgorod |
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Natalia Goncharova Wrestlers, 1909-1910 Oil on canvas. 118 x 103 cm Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Musée national d'art moderne/Centre de création industrielle |
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Mikhail Larionov Katsap Venus, 1912 Oil on canvas. 99.5 x 129.5 cm State Museum of Art, Nizhni Novgorod |
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Mikhail Larionov Summer, 1912 Oil on canvas, 138 x 117 cm Galerie Gmurzynska Zug |
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Kazimir Malevich Boy (Vanka), 1928-1929 Oil on plywood. 72 x 51.5 cm State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |