Winter in Russia is one of the most beautiful seasons. Perhaps that's why so many landscapes and genre scenes were dedicated to winter painters. In the middle latitudes the winter is mul- tiple and majestic. The paintings of Russian artists are the best proof of this. And our health is not harmful to cold, he thought. Pushkin.
Unconventional view of the landscape
I want to present two works by the artist Hermashev Mikhail Markianovich, who studied at II. Levitan and whose works were very popular. Firstly, "Purple snow."
The picture is plotless. But the look is attracted by an unusual shade of snow, which the powerful spruce lowered, bent their branches. The trees seem to wait for the breeze that will lift up this cover, and the trees will straighten and swell. So that's about color. The painter undoubtedly used lilac-pink optical glasses and through them looked at this landscape when he painted it. This innocuous technical device allowed him to open the subject in another way. Unusual, unprecedented winter. The paintings of Russian artists are not always traditional.
And, secondly, "Winter Lake".
The artist was carried away by this color, and "Winter Lake"repeats this unreal gamut, however, very beautiful, albeit unusual. The water in the unfrozen lake is fantastic, in the dark mirror of which birches and spruce are reflected. In reflection, deepen, become more saturated colors. And the whole landscape attracts special purity and silence.
And here is another winter. The paintings of Russian artists, including Meschersky Arseniy Ivanovich, remarkably convey grandeur and silence. He painted this painting, looking into the green glass. The picture has acquired a mystical, mysterious shade. The work is called "Winter Landscape with a Bridge".
In general, there were a lot of glasses of different colors in the arsenal of artists. There were orange, and blue, and blue, and yellow. Kuindzhi, no doubt, experimented with them.
Traditional winter
This, of course, Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon. In the village of Ligachevo he creates a portrait of this time of year. The picture is called - "Russian winter. Ligachevo ». It's a completely different winter. Pictures of Russian artists cover it in different ways.
It seems that only just passed a snowfall, and allpoured out over the fluffy snow, lie in it, make a snowman, ride a sled. The blizzard is over, but the distant houses are barely visible. In the foreground there are trees covered with snow, a white field, a group of children and a dog that bows someone. On the canvas is winter, which everyone loves and enjoys fresh frost.
Fairy tale
Well, where in the winter without a fairy tale? And where the fairy tale, there is Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov with his picture "Snow Maiden".
In the picture of the night, the stars twinkle. On the edge of the forest, there is confusion in the brocade coat and hat. Far behind the slope, the lights of the village of the Berendey glow. The Snow Maiden says goodbye to the forest. She wants to people, and scary. But she herself is a fairy tale that came from a different reality. The light coming from the snow, illuminates her figure and creates the impression of mystery. The magic, the mystery of what is happening is emphasized by the whole cold color gamut - white, bluish, gray. Winter in the paintings of Russian artists is always extraordinary.
Turning to the theme of winter, Russian painters are verydifferently built their own compositions and chose themes and subjects. It could be a night, a bright sunny day, and a blizzard. There could be people, animals, but there was always a master's love full of love for the corner of nature that had opened to him. That's why we are attracted to paintings with Russian artists in winter.
