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Savrasov – “Rainbow”

The rainbow is one of the favorite images of the artist Alexei Savrasov. His rainbows are not a decoration; in their depiction, it is not only masterly mastery of light and color, like Kuindzhi’s, is important. Savrasov’s rainbows are a window into the inexpressible, a symbol of the inexpressible. Before us is a post-lightning landscape,…

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Savrasov – “Spring Day”

The painting by Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov “Spring Day”, written by him in 1873, depicts the very beginning of spring, nature just shaken after hibernation. The picture is touching, because it depicts the beginning of the thaw. Using the ocher scale, the artist was able to overcome the state of sadness and convey an elated mood….

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Savrasov – “Elk Island in Sokolniki”

“Elk Island in Sokolniki” summed up Savrasov’s searches in the 1860s. The artist finally transformed his flirtation with romanticism into a mature and undoubtedly original realism, bearing the imprint of symbolism. It is in this parameter that the key difference between Savrasov and the realist Shishkin lies. Shishkin writes a magnificent pine forest, and Savrasov…

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Savrasov – “Country Road”

Alexei Savrasov’s painting “Countryside” fully embodied the request of Pavel Tretyakov, who complained in a letter to Apollinarius Goravsky about the excessive artificial beauty of nature in the paintings of many contemporaries: “Give me a dirty puddle, but so that it contains truth, poetry, and poetry in everything maybe this is the artist’s business. ”…

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Savrasov Alexey – “The Rooks Have Arrived”

The famous Russian painter painted his one of the most famous paintings “The Rooks Have Arrived” in 1871. The picture immediately attracted the attention of viewers and critics with its simplicity and spontaneity. After it was written, the artist received an offer to purchase this painting by Tretyakov for his collection. The artist’s extraordinary skill…

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Savrasov – “Yard. Winter”

Painting “Courtyard. Winter ”by Alexei Savrasov, written in the 1870s, is an original, expressive work with a mood inherent only in the works of Savrasov. This courtyard, by the way, is very interesting to compare with another picture of the artist – “Winter Road”. Both works have a similar color scheme and resonate with the…