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'Neo-primitivism' was a Russian art movement which took its name from the book Neo-primitivizm (1913), by Aleksandr Shevchenko. In the book Shevchenko proposes a new style of modern painting which fuses elements of Cézanne, Cubism and Futurism with traditional Russian 'folk art' conventions and motifs, notably the russian icon and the lubok.
Neo-primitivism in the West is also used as a wider term to describe the work of artists who aspire to the aesthetic of primitivism.

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Neo-primitive artists

Neo-primitive artists

Russian artists associated with Neo-primitivism include:

★ David Burlyuk

★ Marc Chagall

★ Pavel Filonov

★ Natalia Goncharova

★ Michel Larionov

★ Kasimir Malevich

★ Aleksandr Shevchenko

★ Igor Stravinsky