Neo-primitivism was a Russian
art movement which took its name from the 31-page pamphlet
Neo-primitivizm, by
Aleksandr . In the pamphlet 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.