Mikhail Larionov

Mikhail Larionov's greatest accolade is his enduring influence on abstract art. He is credited with creating Rayonism, a movement that predated and paralleled Western abstraction. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, and the Tretyakov Gallery.In 2019, the Tretyakov Gallery hosted a major retrospective of his work, which was hailed as a landmark event in Russian art. His contributions to the Ballets Russes are also celebrated as pioneering achievements in stage design.