Artist Shishkin: paintings with names

The name of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin is familiar to everyone from childhood: it is his painting that is depicted on the wrapper of the candy "Bears in the Forest". In addition to this outstanding work, the painter has dozens of others that hang on the walls of the best museums in the world.

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin: paintings with names, located in the Tretyakov Gallery

"Pinery. Mastwood in Vyatka province "," Deciduous forest "," Spruce forest "," Oaks. Evening "," Pines, illuminated by the sun "," Dubki "," In the forest of Countess Mordvinova. Peterhof "," Pond in the old park "," Rye "," Morning in the Pine Forest "," Noon. In the vicinity of Moscow "," Walking in the Woods "- this is only a small, but worthy collection of works by the great Russian realist artist. This is Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Pictures with the names - in the number of twelve canvases - are located in the Tretyakov Gallery, which tourists from all over the world aspire to visit and Muscovites are true connoisseurs of art.

"Morning in a pine forest"

In the 80-90-ies of the XIX century the most famous paintings of Shishkin were written. With the names of the artist was simple, but at the same time original: he did not choose epithets and metaphors, because of which the meaning of the canvas would be twofold. "Morning in the Pine Forest" is a classic of the Russian realistic landscape. Looking at the canvas, it is difficult to understand that this is not a photograph, but a picture - so skillfully Shishkin transmitted the game of light and shadows, as well as the activities of his main characters - the bear with three cubs. In the dark wilderness of the forest, an occasional ray of sunlight that breaks through the heavy crowns of trees is an indicator of the time of day, in this case of the morning.

Work on the painting took place in 1889. Shishkin was assisted by artist Savitsky, who initially insisted on his authorship of bear figures. However, the collector Tretyakov erased his signature and ordered that the picture become a full-fledged brainchild of Ivan Shishkin. Art historians have proved that "Morning in the Pine Forest" was written from nature. The painter long chose an animal that could become a symbol of the Russian forest: a boar, an elk or a bear. However, the first two were least liked by Shishkin. In search of ideal bears and a suitable forest, he traveled all over the Vyatka province, and, meeting a brown family, wrote it from memory. From the moment of the idea to the full completion of the work on the canvas, it took 4 years, and today "Morning in the Pine Forest" flaunts in the Tretyakov Gallery, like other paintings by the artist Shishkin (there are no problems with the names, all the works are signed).

"In the North Wild"

Looking at this famous painting, one can not help recalling the verses from Lermontov's poem that are the continuation of this landscape of Shishkin: "... It is lonely On the bare top of the pine, And sleeps, swinging, and freezing snow, Dressed like a garment, she". The work was prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Mikhail Yurievich and became a worthy illustration of the collection of his poems. Some other paintings by Ivan Shishkin (with names) are also included in the books of fiction, which proves the artist's invaluable contribution to the development of Russian art of the XIX century.

Artist Byalynitsky-Biruly highly appreciated the canvas "In the North Wild" and commented that Lermontov would be happy to see such a worthy illustration to his poem. As a poet with words, and with a brush with paint, the painter conveys the mood, in this case - pensive and slightly sad. The motive of loneliness is obvious: at the edge of the cliff stands a pine tree, which has distanced itself from the rest of the forest, the branches of which are heavy from the fallen snow. Ahead is a blue abyss, above is a clear, but sad sky. Pure white snow, occupying one third of the picture, shines in the sun, but it is not destined to melt, because the weather conditions in the north are wild very severe.

"Rye"

This masterpiece, known to many art lovers since childhood, was painted in 1878. The painting "Rye" conveys the breadth of the Russian land and the soul of a Russian man: two-thirds of the canvas occupies a blue sky with low white clouds, and the rest of the space is reserved for the rye field, in some Where high pine trees grow. This tree has forever become a symbol of the Russian land. Looking at the picture "Rye", one can not help recalling the lines from the poetry of O. Mandelstam: "And the pine gets to the star ...". If the poet lived during the writing of the picture, this stanza would probably have been borrowed by Shishkin. Pictures with the names of this painter convey the simplicity, kindness and depth of his soul, but the concept of the work becomes understandable after a long and close scrutiny. In the title "Rye", as it seems at first glance, there is nothing majestic and intriguing, but it is worth looking into the stately pines that stand as heroes, it seems that these trees are a kind of defenders of rye fields and the whole of Russian land.

"The Italian boy"

Ivan Shishkin was the most enlightened artist of Russian realism, therefore he considered it his duty to depict not only landscapes on the canvas, but also portraits, which are not so many in the collection of the painter. However, the author's talent does not decrease from this - it is worth looking at the work "Italian boy". The year of writing the portrait is unknown, but probably Ivan Ivanovich created it in the late period of his work. Similar traits are similar to the self-portrait over which Shishkin himself worked in 1856. Pictures (with names), most of which are represented by landscapes, are located in the Tretyakov Gallery and other authoritative state institutions, but the fate of the "Italian boy" remains unknown.

"Felling of the forest"

Fallen trees - a frequent phenomenon, which portrayed Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich. Pictures with the names "Pine Forest", "Logs. The village of Konstantinovka near Krasnoe Selo "and" Felling of the forest "demonstrate this in the best way. The last work of the author is the most famous. Shishkin worked on the "Woodcutting" in 1867 during a trip to Valaam. The beauty of a pine forest, majestic and defenseless, was often portrayed by Ivan Ivanovich on canvases, and the moment when he demonstrates the consequences of the invasion of man into virgin lands is especially tragic. What awaits the rest of the trees that stand in the background is known to Shishkin himself, but chopped off under the root of the hemp bring to nostalgia and testify to man's superiority over nature.