Aleksei Alekseevich Morgunov, Russian, 1884 to 1935, oil painting on canvas depicting an abstract composition. Circa: 1920s. Signed with initials and dated, lower left. Framed. Additionally inscribed in Cyrillic, Morgunov, on the backside. Alexey Alekseevich Morgunov was a Russian and Soviet artist, son of landscape painter Alexei Savrasov. He was at the center of the artistic life of the Russian avant garde, from which he later completely moved away. As an avant garde artist, he began with Neo primitivism with a strong influence of Fauvism, created significant works in Cubo Futurism, and was a co founder together with Kazimir Malevich and Ivan Klyun of Februaryism; in Soviet times it evolved into Neoclassicism and ended with Socialist Realism. One of a kind artwork.