Larionov M. F. Barber

Larionov M. F.

1881, Tiraspole - 1964, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)

Barber

1907

oil on canvas. 77,5 x 59,5
ЖБ-1366
Received in 1920

Location in museum The Benois Wing Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 74.
Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryGenre Painting
Keywords The Epoch of Nicolas II (1894-1917) | Expressionism | Union of Youth society of artists | avant-garde | Neo-primitivism | male costume | labor, work
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Mikhail Larionov’s Barbers series (1907–09) reflects his fascination with the art of urban folklore, which seemed to him refreshingly free of any schooling. Lightly parodying the urban signboard, this genre painting humorises a scene in a barber’s shop. Larionov simplifies the subject and primitivises its artistic structure, incarnating the concept of Everythingism. One of the many avant-garde ideas of the early twentieth century, Everythingism or vsyochestvo proposed the free usage of various subjects and language stylistics in a work of art. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 293.

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