Χωρίς τίτλο
1900
unspecified
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
1900
unspecified
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
Χωρίς τίτλο is a 1900 unspecified by Mikhail Larionov, a Symbolism work, held at Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
This painting shows wild swirls of color on a plain white background. Brush strokes are thick and uneven. The colors stay inside the edges but don’t fill the space evenly. It’s part of the Symbolist movement that rejected everyday objects. Artists here wanted to show feelings instead of scenes. The loose style points to later free forms in Russian art. Look up the artist who later led a similar loose style—Larionov, Mikhail.
Mikhail Larionov liked to work in the dark—literally. He painted by candlelight to test his colors at night, then scrapped half of them by morning. The rule he broke: Russian conventions. His 1912 *Rayonist Composition*…
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