Aleksei Morgunov
Born Moscow (Russian Empire, now Russia), 1884; died Moscow (Soviet Union, now Russia), 1935
Portrait of Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov
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Aleksei Morgunov
Born Moscow (Russian Empire, now Russia), 1884; died Moscow (Soviet Union, now Russia), 19351913
Portrait of Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov
Aleksei Morgunov Born Moscow (Russian Empire, now Russia), 1884; died Moscow (Soviet Union, now Russia), 1935 →oil on canvaspainting
Date
1913
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
104.1 × 136.5 cm (41 × 53 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Mary and Leigh Block Fund for Acquisitions
In 1913, while active in Moscow, Aleksei Morgunov depicted artists Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, fellow members in the avant-garde group known as the Donkey’s Tail. When Morgunov made the portrait, he had just returned from traveling in France, Germany, and Italy. The painting’s composition echoes two works he might have seen on his trip: Luncheon in the Studio (1868) and A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), both by French artist Édouard Manet. Morgunov combined references to Manet’s work with a background that evokes Russian folk images and vernacular traditions, which the Donkey’s Tail favored over Francocentric tendencies in modern art.
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