RUSSIAN PRIMITIVISM AND PRIMITIVIST ARTISTS – BUY PAINTINGS ONLINE AT ARTRUSSIA GALLERY

Generally speaking primitivism (naive art) makes up a style, which stands out for its simplicity, clarity and formal frankness of the pictorial language. The representatives of the primitivism are usually non-professional painters, who received no special training but just felt the need to create and realize their artistic potential themselves. Among the most famous ones are Henri Rousseau and NikoPirosmani, who managed to create some really outstanding naïve art paintings and add their names to the list of the most talented masters of all time. From one point of view, its sincerity and mode of representation brings naïve art near to children’s painting, but from the other – to the one of mentally ill people. Because of the fact that the primitives are not constrained by any academic rules and stereotypes, their work is notable for its freshness and spontaneity. The subject matter usually comes straight from the artist’s imagination or is borrowed from folklore, mythology or the tales of the surrounding reality. The outcome of it is the creation of amazingly poetic and sublime images, which are filled with harmony and purity, some kids-like innocence, which can wake up very warm feelings inside even a stone-cold heart.

PRIMITIVISM PAINTINGS

The dreamer
The dreamer
canvas, oil, 50x50 cm
Vladimir Agapov
The erudit mouse
The erudit mouse
canvas, oil, 40x30 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Daddy, mum, I
Daddy, mum, I
canvas, oil, 25x30 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Daddy, mum, I
Daddy, mum, I
canvas, oil, 70x40 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Hello, mum!
Hello, mum!
canvas, oil, 50x60 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Arnold
Arnold
canvas, oil, 40x40 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Babiaka Biaka #2
Babiaka Biaka #2
canvas, oil, 30x40 cm
Vladimir Agapov
The evening
The evening
canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Siamese dog
Siamese dog
canvas, oil, 35x50 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Nightingale
Nightingale
canvas, oil, 40x40 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Don"t attach wings to the tiger
Don"t attach wings to the tiger
canvas, oil, 120x140 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Swallow
Swallow
canvas, oil, 40x40 cm
Vladimir Agapov
It is young - is green
It is young - is green
canvas, oil, 30x60 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Trio
Trio
canvas, oil, 70x80 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Brothers - rabbits
Brothers - rabbits
canvas, oil, 40x40 cm
Vladimir Agapov
The important bird
The important bird
canvas, oil, 35x25 cm
Vladimir Agapov
House bird
House bird
canvas, oil, 35x25 cm
Vladimir Agapov
Fire - bird
Fire - bird
canvas, oil, 35x25 cm
Vladimir Agapov

PRIMITIVISM PAINTINGS MASTERPIECES

Fight Tiger and Buffalo
Fight Tiger and Buffalo
1909, canvas, oil, 46x55 cm
Henri Rousseau
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Surprise!
Surprise!
1891, canvas, oil, 130x162 cm
Henri Rousseau
National Gallery, London
Dream
Dream
1910, canvas, oil
Henri Rousseau
Museum of Modern Art, New York