Morgunov Aleksey Alekseevich is Soviet avant-garde artist who worked in the painting technique.
Alexey Morgunov was born on October 21 October 1884 in Moscow. He was the illegitimate son of the artist Savrasov Alexei Kondratievich.
From 1899 to 1901, as well as additionally in 1909, Morgunov studied at the Stroganov Central School of Technical Drawing. From 1909 to 1910, Alexey Morgunov traveled around Europe, where he studied the works of local artists - at the same time Morgunov and became interested in avant-garde art.
In order to study the painting of Western Europe, Morgunov repeatedly visited countries such as Germany, Italy and France. Édouard Manet, Pierre Puvis and Paul Cezanne had a great influence on the artist. Upon his return from Western European countries, Morgunov opened a personal workshop in Moscow, which is better known as "Morgunovka". In this workshop, painters began to hold their meetings. Thus, "Morgunovka" became a "free academy" for drawing from nature.
Alexey Morgunov joined Russian artists who formed one of the most radical groups of artists. The head of the group was Mikhail Larionov. At the end of 1910, an exhibition of paintings called "The Jack of Diamonds" This event was the first exhibition of artists, as a result of which the group received the name "Jack of Diamonds". Although Aleksey Alekseevich was not the leader of this community, it was also impossible to write him down as an outsider. The first exhibition was attended by 37 artists, and it was Morgunov who wrote the poster for it. Four years later, Morgunov became one of the founders of Februaryism. This happened during the group′s public debate in mid-February 1914. Together with Morgunov, Kazimir Malevich and Ivan Klyun are considered the founders of Februaryism. The period of Februaryism lasted until mid-1915.
For some time, Alexey Morgunov dropped out of artistic life. In 1918 he worked in the Fine Arts People′s Commissariat for Education, was a member of the Objective Analysis group, and was also a professor of painting. In the 20s of the twentieth century, Morgunov began to paint pictures in the style of socialist realism and neoclassicism. These were the last years of the artist′s life. Some of Morgunov′s paintings were reproduced on postcards.
Aleksei Alekseevich Morgunov died on February 15, 1935 (the same year as his friend Kazimir Malevich) at the age of 50.