Ivan Morozov
Ivan Abramovich Morozov (Russian: Иван Абрамович Морозов; * 27 Novemberjul / December 9 1871greg in Moscow, .. † June 22, 1921 at Karlsbad) was a Russian art collector. He had next to his compatriot Sergei Shchukin one of the largest collections of French avant-garde art before the First World War in Russia.
Life and work
Morozov's family belonged to the Russian upper class. That's why he was able to study in Zurich and at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic. After training, he took over the textile works of his father. Morozov began to collect works of young Russian artists. But starting in 1907, he gained French art, which he acquired in the famous Parisian galleries Bernheim- Jeune, Durand- Ruel and Vollard to decorate his converted villa. He collected primarily Impressionists, Fauves such as Henri Matisse and André Derain and works of the artist group Les Nabis. Its co-founder, Maurice Denis, adorned from 1907 the music room of his home city of Moscow with the cycle history of the psyche, and Aristide Maillol created for the hall four bronze figures. Morozov was especially proud of his 18 paintings by Paul Cézanne. Soon he had the largest collection of works by French avant-garde in Russia.
With the onset of World War I and the October Revolution ended Morozov collection activities inevitably. 1918 his collection was nationalized and run jointly with Sergei Schtschukins collection as " museums of modern Western painting ". The Morozov left Russia. 1921 died Ivan Morozov on a trip to Karlovy Vary.
In 1948, the collections of Shchukin and Morozov were distributed to the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.