00:03Hi there! Welcome to our art book series. Today we will look at one of the pioneer of the Russian
00:10avant-garde. This artist completely changed modern art, and you've probably never heard of him.
00:15It is Mikhail Larionov. He was born in 1881 and became obsessed with breaking all the rules.
00:21He invented rayonism. It was meant to sever painting from dependence on the object and
00:27to transform it into an autonomous art of color and facture. He painted soldiers, boulevards,
00:33even hairdressers in this radical new style. With his partner Natalia Goncharova, he launched
00:39the Russian avant-garde movement. His work paved the way for abstract art as we know it.
00:45Thank you and follow for more forgotten artists who changed everything.
01:08So, thank you so much for welcoming me.
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