Vladimir Nemukhin, Russian abstract painter, died aged 90

Vladimir Nemukhin, an abstract artist who personified a post-war wave of Nonconformist art that was in conflict with the Soviet regime but avoided overt political opposition, died in Moscow on 18 April. He was 90. His work can be linked directly to the original Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Nemukhin’s first art teacher had been an assistant in the studio of the painter Kazimir Malevich.
In a 2014 documentary, Nemukhin’s Monologues, the artist spoke of having been ob