Ivan Abramovich Morozov (Russian: Иван Абрамович Морозов, November 27, 1871 – July 21, 1921) was a Russian businessman and, from 1907 to 1914, a major collector of avant-garde French art.
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Early life
Ivan attended the Zurich Polytechnic from 1892 to 1894. Here he studied chemistry, but continued to paint in oil paint on Sundays.
Family
Ivan was a prominent member of the Morozov dynasty. He was the second son of Abram Abramovich Morozov and his wife Varvara Alekseevna Morozova. His elder brother was Mikhail Abramovich Morozov, and his younger brother Arseny Abramovich Morozov.
Collection
After the Bolshevik Revolution, the government appropriated Morozov's mansion at Prechistenka, 21 and his art collection there (by decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, signed by Lenin on 8 November 1918). In 1919 they became the 2nd State Museum of Modern Western Art, while the 1st Museum of Modern Western Art was made of the mansion and collection of the other famous Russian patron, Sergei Schukin at Bolshoy Znamensky pereulok. In 1923, the 1st and 2nd Museums of Modern Western Painting were merged to form the State Museum of Modern Western Art, which since 1928 was located entirely in Morozov's mansion at Prechistenka, 21.