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Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov 1878-1951

Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov 1878-1951

Village girl. Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov 1878-1951

Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov
Alexander Viktorovich Moravov was one of the artists who brought in the Russian painting of the XX century the tradition of “peasant genre”, going from the Wanderers. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1946). Full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1949). Alexander Moravov was born in the village of Velikaya Motovilovka in the former province of Kiev. His father, a well-educated man, was fond of art, and he was friends with such famous artists as N.N. Ge and M.A. Vrubel.
Surrounded by the creative atmosphere, the boy started drawing very early. Since 1888, he studied at the Kiev Art School, headed by N.I. Murashko. In 1897-1902 he studied at the Moscow University of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, workshops of N.A. Kasatkin, K.A. Korovin, A.M. Korin and A.E. Arkhipov, who had a particularly great influence on the young man.

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Since 1904 – a member and a regular participant of exhibitions of Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions. His paintings of pre-revolutionary times, “Harvesting Potatoes” (1904), “Sheaf of the Sheaves” (1905), “Heavy Thoughts” (1908), etc. depicted the hard work and sorrowful life of the poor peasantry of tsarist Russia.

In 1923, Moravov joins the Association of artists of revolutionary Russia (AHRR) and works a lot, participating in all the exhibitions of the association. Especially popular during this period was his canvas “In the rural registry office” (1929), where the artist flashed a picturesque juiciness, which determined optimism of the general mood. Along with the peasant theme, Alexander Moravov continues to develop the best traditions of the Moscow Impressionist School of K.A. Korovin and A.E. Arkhipov.

Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov

The registry office. Oil. 1928. The State Tretyakov Gallery

The registry office. Oil. 1928. The State Tretyakov Gallery

Meeting of committy on poverty. 1920. Oil

Meeting of committy on poverty. 1920. Oil

Woman in a red scarf. 1918

Woman in a red scarf. 1918

Christmas tree. 1921

Christmas tree. 1921

Calculating wages (in a collective farm). 1934

Calculating wages (in a collective farm). 1934

Fishing. 1907. Voronezh art museum

Fishing. 1907. Voronezh art museum

Forest. 1909. Oil

Forest. 1909. Oil

Future rider. 1910. The State Tretyakov Gallery

Future rider. 1910. The State Tretyakov Gallery

Girlfriends. 1921. Women in shawls

Girlfriends. 1921. Women in Pavlovo Posad shawls

Grandfather and granddaughter

Grandfather and granddaughter

Hay makers. 1915

Hay makers. 1915

Haymaking

Haymaking

In summer on the terrace

In summer on the terrace

In the village of Akulovo. View of the lake Udomlya from the. 1935. Oil on canvas

In the village of Akulovo. View of the lake Udomlya from the. 1935. Oil on canvas

Mikhail Kalinin among peasants

Mikhail Kalinin among peasants

Neighbours. 1910s

Neighbours. 1910s

On his own lane. 1916

On his own lane. 1916

On the porch

Sunny morning (On the porch)

Toys. Fair. 1914

Toys. Fair. 1914

Twilight in the village. 1941

Twilight in the village. 1941

V.I. Lenin leads a Marxist club in St. Petersburg

V.I. Lenin leads a Marxist club in St. Petersburg

Winter joy. 1913

Winter joy. 1913

Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov

Soviet Russian artist Alexandr Moravov