Famous paintings by Shishkin. The most famous paintings by Shishkin

Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich (1832-1898) - the most famous Russian painter, graphic artist, who depicted nature in all its glory. The variety of works of the creator is amazing: in his paintings one can find steppe and forest-steppe, coniferous landscapes not only in Russia, but also in other countries. It is popular both in our country and all over the world.

Ivan Shishkin: biography

This outstanding man was born into a merchant's family and lived ordinary life before school years. As you know, Shishkin could not study in regular school so I dropped it and went to art school. From there, he entered the university in St. Petersburg, where students were taught not only painting, but architecture and sculpture. Such a base had a very good effect on the development of the abilities of young Shishkin. However, the study tasks were not enough for the artist, and he spent his free time in the open air.

Shishkin's independent practice

Plein air is painting on outdoors. Artists created on the street to create light, atmospheric paintings, as opposed to the idealized paintings that were made in the studios (with the help of imagination). Ivan Shishkin also got out to the open air. The biography of this person consists of constant travel to different corners world to learn how to draw different landscapes.

Shishkin went for walks with paints or graphic materials(with pencils, charcoal) and wrote to the district of St. Petersburg. Thanks to this habit, the young man quickly improved his skills in depicting shapes and details.

Merit soon young painter noticed in educational institution, and the artist Shishkin received many medals for these works. The pictures became more realistic and he made fewer mistakes. Soon the young man became one of the most famous artists Russia.

"Afternoon near Moscow"

This picture is very light and bright. The first thing that catches your eye is the contrast of the sky and the field, blue and yellow flowers. The artist (Shishkin) allocated more space for the sky, probably because the sheaves are already very bright. Most of the picture is occupied by gray clouds. They can be found in many shades: emerald, blue and yellow. Only a thin band of bluish horizon separates the field from the sky. In this distance, you can see the hills, and a little closer are the dark blue silhouettes of shrubs and trees. Closest to the viewer is a spacious field.

The wheat is already ripe, but the wild, unsown land is visible on the left. The riot of burnt grass stands out against the background of the yellowish mass of ears and creates an unusual contrast. In the foreground we see the beginning of a wheat field: the artist arranged reddish, burgundy and dark ocher strokes so that the depth of these sheaves was felt. On the road that runs between the grass and the field, the artist Shishkin depicted two figures. By the clothes of these people, one can tell that they are peasants. One of the figures definitely belongs to a woman: we see a scarf tied around her head and a dark skirt.

"Pine trees illuminated by the sun"

Many amazing works were written by Ivan Shishkin. Pinery he loved to portray most of all. However, it is worth paying attention to other canvases: they are not without beauty and sometimes turn out to be much more interesting than more famous paintings.

Pine trees are one of eternal themes in the work of such an artist as Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich. In this landscape, the play of light and shadow is especially remarkable. The sun shines from behind the artist's back, in time it is noon or late afternoon. In the foreground are two tall pine trees. Their trunks are so strongly drawn to the sky that they do not fit in the picture. Therefore, tree crowns begin only in the middle of the picture. Although the trunks are not very old, moss has already grown on their bark. From the sun it seems yellowish and in some places gray.

The shadows from the trees are very long and dark, the artist depicted them almost black. Three more pines can be seen in the distance: they are arranged compositionally so as not to knock the viewer off the main thing in the picture. The color scheme of this work - warm consists mainly of light green, brown, ocher and yellowish shades. This palette evokes joy and a sense of peace in the soul. All this is diluted with a few cold shades, which Shishkin skillfully distributed throughout the picture. We see emerald shades on the top of the crowns of pines and on the far left. Thanks to this combination of colors, the composition looks very harmonious and bright at the same time.

"Landscape with a lake" (1886)

This picture is one of the few by Shishkin that depicts water. The artist preferred to paint the thick forest, in contrast to the light vegetation in this work.

The first thing that attracts attention in this work is the lake. The water surface is written in great detail, so that you can see the light ripples near the shore and the exact reflections of trees and shrubs.

Thanks to the clear light blue, and in some places purple sky, the water in the lake seems very clean. However, ocher and greenish inclusions give the impression that this lake is real.

The foreground of the painting

In the foreground is the green beach. Small grass is so bright that it seems acidic. Near the very edge of the water, she is lost in the lake, in some places peeking out of its smooth surface. In the contrasting grass, small wild flowers are visible, so white that it seems as if they are glare from the sun on the plants. To the right of the lake, a large dark green bush swaying from the wind interspersed with bright light green shades.

On the other side of the lake, on the left, the viewer can make out the roofs of several houses; there is probably a village near the lake. Behind the rooftops rises an emerald, dark green pine forest.

The artist (Shishkin) chose the right combination of light blue, green (warm and cold), ocher and black.

"Dali"

Something mysterious emanates from Shishkin’s painting “Dali”, the landscape seems to be lost in the sunset. The sun has already set, and we see only a light streak of light near the horizon. Lonely trees rise to the right in the foreground. There are many plants around them. The greenery is very dense, so almost no light breaks through the bushes. Closer to the center of the canvas is a tall linden, which leaned over from the weight of its branches.

The sky, as in other paintings, occupies most of the composition. The sky is the lightest on the canvas. Grey-blue color the firmament turns into light yellow. Scattered light clouds look very light and dynamic. In this work, Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich appears before us as a romantic and a dreamer.

In the foreground we see a small lake that goes into the distance. It reflects dark stone and burnt ocher and yellow-green grass. In the distance are purple, gray hills, not very high, but noticeable.

Looking at the picture, you are filled with a feeling of sadness and comfort. This effect is created thanks to the warm shades that the artist Shishkin used in his work.

Ivan Shishkin is one of the most famous painters and graphic artists who depicted nature. This man was truly in love with the forests, groves, rivers and lakes of Russia, so he worked through them until the smallest details in their works. According to Shishkin's paintings, one can not only describe the climate of Russia, but also study the basics of plein air painting. The artist mastered both oil paints and graphic materials to perfection, which is quite rare among creative people. It is difficult to name people who painted nature as well as the artist Shishkin. The paintings of this man are very naturalistic, contrasting and bright.

Even people who are far from painting know about the works of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Shishkin gained popularity during his lifetime, painting the nature of Russia, which he loved so much. Contemporaries called him "the king of the forest", and not by chance, because among the works of Shishkin you can find many paintings depicting forest landscapes.

Paintings famous landscape painter difficult to confuse with the work of other artists. Nature on the canvases of Shishkin is shown selectively. The landscape painter painted it close-up, focusing on the rough bark of trees, green leaves, and roots protruding from the ground. If Aivazovsky preferred to portray the power of the elements, then Shishkin's nature seems peaceful and calm.

(Painting "Rain in the forest")

The artist skillfully conveyed this feeling of calmness through his canvases. natural phenomena he didn't show up very often. One of his paintings depicts rain in the forest. Otherwise, nature seems unshakable and almost eternal.

(Painting "Windbreak")

Separate canvases depict objects that survived the invasion of the elements. For example, the artist has several canvases with the name "Windfall". The elements raged, leaving behind a pile of broken trees.

(Painting "View of the island of Valaam")

Shishkin loved the island of Valaam. This place inspired him to work, so among the artist's paintings you can find landscapes depicting the views of Valaam. One of these paintings is "View on the island of Valaam". Separate canvases with landscapes of the island belong to early period artist's creativity.

(Painting "Pine trees illuminated by the sun")

It is worth noting that from the very beginning, Shishkin decided on the manner of depicting nature. He does not take large-scale objects and does not seek to show the entire forest, focusing on the "three pines".

(Painting "Debri")

(Painting "Rye")

(Painting "Oak Grove")

(Painting "Morning in pine forest" )

(Painting "Winter")

One of interesting pictures artist - "Debri". The canvas depicts a forest area untouched by man. This site lives its own life, even the land on it is completely covered with vegetation. If a person got into this place, he would feel like a hero of some mysterious Russian fairy tale. The artist concentrated on the details, depicting the depths of the forest. He conveyed every detail with amazing accuracy. On this canvas, you can also see a fallen tree - a trace of the raging elements.

(Hall of paintings by Ivan Shishkin in the Tretyakov Gallery)

Today, many of Shishkin's paintings can be seen in the famous Tretyakov Gallery. They still attract the attention of connoisseurs of painting. Shishkin painted not only Russian landscapes. The artist was also fascinated by the views of Switzerland. But Shishkin himself admitted that he was bored without Russian nature.

January 13 (25), 1832, 180 years ago, the future outstanding Russian landscape painter, painter, draftsman and engraver-aquaphorist was born Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin.

Shishkin was born in the small town of Yelabuga, on the banks of the Kama River. The dense coniferous forests surrounding this city and the harsh nature of the Urals conquered the young Shishkin.

Of all types of painting, Shishkin preferred the landscape. "... Nature is always new... and is always ready to give an inexhaustible supply of its gifts, which we call life... What can be better than nature..." he writes in his diary.

Close contact with nature, its careful study aroused in the young researcher of nature the desire to capture it as authentically as possible. “Only the unconditional imitation of nature,” he writes in a student album, “can fully satisfy the requirements of a landscape painter, and the most important thing for a landscape painter is a diligent study of nature, as a result of this, a picture from nature should be without imagination.”

Just three months after entering the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Shishkin attracted the attention of professors with his natural landscape drawings. He anxiously awaited the first exam at the Academy, and his joy was great at being awarded a small silver medal for the painting "View in the environs of St. Petersburg" submitted to the competition. According to him, he wanted to express in the picture "fidelity, similarity, portraiture of the depicted nature and convey the life of a hot-breathing nature."

Painted in 1865, the painting "View in the environs of Düsseldorf" brought the artist the title of academician.

By this time, he was already being talked about as a talented and virtuoso draftsman. His pen drawings, executed with the smallest strokes, with filigree finishing of details, surprised and amazed the audience both in Russia and abroad. Two such drawings were acquired by the Düsseldorf Museum.

Lively, sociable, charming, active Shishkin was surrounded by the attention of his comrades. I. E. Repin, who visited the famous "Thursdays" of the St. Petersburg Artel of Artists, later spoke about him: "The loudest voice of the hero I. I. Shishkin was heard: like a mighty green forest, he amazed everyone with his health, good appetite and truthful Russian speech During these evenings he drew with a pen a good deal of his excellent drawings. The audience used to gasp behind him when, with his mighty paws of a dray and clumsy, callused fingers from work, he began to distort and erase his brilliant drawing, and the drawing was as if by some miracle or magic from such The rude treatment of the author comes out more and more elegant and brilliant.

Already at the first exhibition of the Wanderers, the famous painting by Shishkin "Pine forest. Mast forest in the Vyatka province" appeared. Before the viewer appears the image of the majestic, mighty Russian forest. Looking at the picture, one gets the impression of deep peace, which is not disturbed by either bears near a tree with a beehive, or a bird flying high in the sky. Pay attention to how beautifully the trunks of old pine trees are written: each has "its own character" and "its own face", but in general - the impression of a single world of nature, full of inexhaustible vitality. A leisurely detailed story, an abundance of details along with the identification of a typical, characteristic, integrity imprinted image, simplicity and accessibility artistic language- are distinctive features this picture, as well as subsequent works of the artist, which invariably attracted the attention of viewers at exhibitions of the Association of the Wanderers.

IN the best pictures Shishkin I.I., created by the end of the 70s and in the 80s, a monumental-epic beginning is felt. The paintings convey the solemn beauty and power of the endless Russian forests. The life-affirming works of Shishkin are consonant with the attitude of the people, connecting the idea of ​​happiness, contentment human life with the power and richness of nature. On one of the sketches of the artist you can see the following inscription: "... Expanse, space, land. Rye... Grace. Russian wealth". A worthy completion of the integral and original work of Shishkin was the painting of 1898 "Ship Grove".

In Shishkin's painting "Polesye", contemporaries pointed out that the artist failed to achieve in coloring the perfection that distinguished the artist's drawings. N. I. Murashko noted that he would like to see more light in the painting "Polesie" "with its golden play, with its thousand reddish, then airy bluish transitions."

However, the fact that the color began to play significantly big role in his works of the 80s. In this regard, the highest appreciation of the picturesque qualities of Shishkin's famous sketch "Pine Trees Illuminated by the Sun" is important.

Working as a professor, Shishkin demanded painstaking preliminary work on location from his students. In winter, when I had to work indoors, I forced novice artists to make redrawings from photographs. Shishkin found that such work contributes to the comprehension of the forms of nature, helps to improve the drawing. He believed that only a long, intense study of nature could eventually open the way for a landscape painter to create independently. In addition, Shishkin noted that the mediocre will slavishly copy it, while "a person with a flair will take what he needs." However, he did not take into account that copying from photographs of individual details taken outside their natural environment does not bring closer, but moves away from the deep knowledge of it, which he sought from his students.

By 1883, the artist is at the dawn of his creative powers. It was at this time that Shishkin created the capital canvas "Among the Flat Valley ...", which can be considered classical in its completeness. artistic image, completeness, monumentality of sound. Contemporaries invaded the merits of the picture, noticing the essential feature of this work: it reveals those features of natural life that are dear and close to any Russian person, meet his aesthetic ideal and are captured in a folk song.

Suddenly, death crept up on the artist. He died at the easel on March 8 (20), 1898, while working on the painting "Forest Kingdom".

A great painter, brilliant draftsman and etcher, he left a huge artistic legacy.

Based on the book "Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin", compiled by I. N. Shuvalova

Paintings by Shishkin I.I.

Sea shore	Sea shore. Mary Howie	Pond shore	River bank	birch forest

Big Nevka	Logs. Village Konstantinovka near Red village	bumps	Beech forest in Switzerland	Beech forest in Switzerland

goby	In the spruce forest	In Crimea	In forest thickets	In the forest

In the woods of the Countess Mordvinova	In the deciduous forest	Around Düsseldorf	In the park	in the grove

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin rightfully considered a great landscape painter. He, like no one else, managed to convey through his canvases the beauty of the pristine forest, the endless expanses of fields, the cold of a harsh land. When looking at his paintings, one often gets the impression that a breeze is about to blow or a crackling of boughs is heard. Painting so occupied all the thoughts of the artist that he even died with a brush in his hand, sitting at the easel.

Unlike his other paintings, this artist did not write alone. The bears are painted by Konstantin Savitsky. Ivan Shishkin judged fairly, and both artists signed the painting. However, when the finished canvas was brought to the buyer, Pavel Tretyakov, he became angry and ordered Savitsky's name to be erased, explaining that he ordered the painting only to Shishkin, and not to two artists.

The post presents 37 paintings by the artist I. I. Shishkin!

Shishkin's paintings are mesmerizing views of nature! Among them is the most famous painting "Morning in a pine forest"! Forest pictures are popular on the Internet and they lead to Shishkin's paintings!

Portrait of the artist Shishkin by the artist Kramskoy.

Wonderful painting by Shishkin Birch Grove"! Just like the photo, but very sincere! Shishkin's paintings almost always depict a forest!

"Swamp. Polissya". Shishkin.

The picture shows a close-up of a funny goby. A rare topic for Shishkin. The main theme of Shishkin is the forest. And the surname is forest.

Shishkin's painting "In the park." Can a photo evoke such a spiritual response as this picture? You look and remember that you have already experienced in your life a similar delight from the views of nature.

Painting "In the grove". Shishkin. People are always in the background! Shishkin's paintings of primordial nature.

seaside view

Painting "View on the island of Valaam". Shishkin.

Mountain road in Crimea

Painting "Dali". Shishkin.

Wilds. Shishkin. Impenetrable forest.

Painting "Children in the forest". Children are really hard to see. Shishkin's paintings are primarily about nature.

Rain in the oak forest. Shishkin. People away under umbrellas. This is not a photo, this is much better! You can imagine yourself in this forest.

Oaks in Old Peterhof. Shishkin.

Harvest. Finished work.

A woman under an umbrella in a flowering meadow. Shishkin. Shishkin's paintings are impressive!

A woman with a boy in the forest. Shishkin's paintings are very expressive! Shishkin in his paintings literally sings of the forest, it is so majestic! The forest pictures are amazing!

Gold autumn. Shishkin.

Willows lit by the sun. Shishkin loved trees and forest!

Forest in Mordvinov. Forest the main theme in the work of Shishkin! A search on the Internet for “pictures of the forest” will surely lead to Shishkin’s paintings!

Forest in the evening. Shishkin. Shishkin's paintings evoke a whole range of feelings in the audience.

Forest Lake. Shishkin.

Fly agaric. Shishkin. Very picturesque fly agarics!)

Wild in the north. Shishkin.

Apiary in the forest. Shishkin. A majestic forest, an apiary and an old beekeeper. Shishkin's paintings are so "talking"!

Landscape with a lake. Shishkin.

Before the storm. Shishkin. Cloudy sky.

Walk in the forest. Shishkin. There is an opinion that pictures are not needed, because there is a photo, but not a single photo will turn out so expressive. A photo cannot capture a scene from someone's life and still evoke fond memories. Here you can already see people, and in the foreground is a funny dog.

The Ligovka river in the village of Konstantinovka near St. Petersburg.

And in the background is a forest.