Pavel Filonov
Russia (1883—1941)After being expelled from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1910, Filonov joined the Soyuz Molodyozhi (Union of Youth) group and contributed to its magazine. In 1912, he formulated the principles of Analytical Realism in an essay known as The Canon and the Law. After World War I, he resumed exhibiting and, in 1923, became a professor at the Petrograd Academy of Arts. In 1925, he founded the Collective of Masters of Analytical Art, known by its Russian acronym, MAI. He died of starvation in 1941 during the siege of Leningrad.
