Landscape paintings by Russian artists. Landscape painters

We know that there are many humble and obscure yet passionate photographers in the world who travel across endless continents, sacrificing vacations to capture new landscapes. Below are the works of only a few talented masters, whose photographs arouse interest and admiration.

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Aaron Groen

The trails of stars and galaxies merge into beautiful synchronized singing in Aaron Groen's photographs. This photographer from the United States has a fantastic talent and is a worthy start to our collection.

Alex Noriega

His shots are filled with captivating twilight light. Endless deserts, mountains, forests, meadows and objects seem unpredictable in Alex Noriega's photographs. He has a great portfolio.

Angus Clyne

Mood and enchanting atmosphere are two of the most important definitions for Angus Klein's work. Since they are difficult to separate from his photographs, Angus tries to obtain as much more drama, capture the meaning and convey the sensations that are inherent in the scene.

Atomic zen

The name of this photographer is consonant with his paintings, which are reminiscent of Zen. There is so much mystical silence and vivid trance in the frame. These phenomenal landscapes take us beyond reality and spark even more interest in the beauty of our planet.

Atif Saeed

Atif Said is a fantastic photographer from Pakistan. He shows us the hidden beauty of his majestic country. Beautiful landscapes with surreal mountains filled with fog and snow, will captivate every lover of landscape photography.

Daniel Rericha

Daniel Roericha is a very humble self-taught photographer from a small town in the foothills of the Ore Mountains. He loves to capture the beautiful Czech mountains.

David Keochkerian

Through the mystical color of stars and waves, it seems that David very easily conveys the essence and true history of the universe. Take a look at some of his fantastic photographs.

Dylan Toh

Dylan Toch invites us on an unforgettable journey through amazing places... With it we can save time by taking pictures of the breathtaking waterfalls in Iceland or exploring the Munros ranges in Scotland. We can take a virtual hike along the Annapurna Massif or witness the indescribable colorful sunsets and sunrises in South Australia.

Erik Stensland

Eric Stensland often rises well before dawn to hike to remote lakes or the high peaks of the American national park Rocky Mountain National Park. He captures the unprecedented beauty of the park in the warm morning light, and also creates a photographic collection in the desert of the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest and the UK. Eric is committed to unleashing natural beauty while capturing amazing moments that will take your breath away.

Gregory Boratyn

Shiny dynamic landscapes and wonderful artistic images of Mother Earth belong to the photographer Grigory Boratin. Over the years, he has fascinated us with magnificent creations. Beautiful paintings.

Jay Patel

Ability to perceive and appreciate Beautiful places appeared in Jay Patel in the very early childhood on numerous trips to the most exciting destinations in the Indian subcontinent. His passion for such splendor now manifests itself in a constant search and desire to capture the greatness of nature with his camera.

Jay's photography career began in the summer of 2001 when he bought his first digital SLR. In the years that followed, he spent a lot of time reading photographic magazines and articles on the Internet, studying the styles of the great landscape photographers. He has no formal education, and did not have vocational training in the field of photography.

Joseph Rossbach

Joseph Rossbach has been photographing landscapes for over fifteen years. His photographs and articles have been published in a number of books, calendars and magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, The Nature Conservancy, Digital Photo, Photo Techniques, Popular Photography, Blue Ridge Country, Mountain Connections, and more. etc. He still travels a lot and creates new and interesting images the natural world.

Lincoln Harrison

Phenomenal footage with star trails, seascapes and night scenes characterizes quality work Lincoln Harrison. All of his majestic photographs add up to a brilliant portfolio.

Luke Austin

Australian landscape photographer Luke Austin currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. He spends time filming and traveling in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. The constant search for new compositions, angles and objects leads to the continuous improvement and development of his photographic skill.

Marcin Sobas

He also specializes in landscape photography. The author's favorite topics are dynamic fields, foggy mornings in the mountains and lakes. He does his best to ensure that each individual photograph tells a new story, where the main characters are light and circumstances. These two factors give the world an extreme and unreal appearance in different time of the year and at different times of the day. In the future, Marcin Sobas plans to test himself in bird photography and wildlife which he finds extremely addicting.

Martin Rak

Looking at his paintings, you involuntarily wonder where on earth such landscapes with flickering lights exist? It seems that it is not at all difficult for Martin Rak to capture these beautiful landscapes, full of life and light.

Rafael Rojas

Rafael Rojas considers photography to be a special life philosophy based on observation, understanding and respect for the world in which we live. It is his voice and means of conveying his own vision of the world, as well as the ability to share with other people the feelings that overwhelm him when he pushes the shutter.

Photography is for Rafael Rojas as creative a tool for mixing emotions as a brush is for an artist or a pen is for a writer. In his work, he combines personal feelings with outwardly showing who he is and how he feels. In a sense, through photographing the world, he represents himself.

I. Levitan "At the Pool"

Landscape is one of the genres of painting.

The theme of the landscape is the locality. WITH French the term "landscape" is translated as "locality, country". Thus, a landscape is not only an image of nature that is familiar to us, but also any other image of a terrain, including an urban one.

There are several types of landscape: in a natural landscape, it is a seascape (seascape), space landscape... The landscape can also be urban (architectural, for example). In the urban landscape, a documentary accurate image is distinguished - "lead".

From a temporal point of view, the landscape can be modern, historical, futuristic (fantasy landscape).

I. Aivazovsky "Frigate under sail" (1838). Oil on canvas, 57 x 82 cm.Central Naval Museum (Petersburg)

Landscape as an independent genre of painting is relatively young: it acquired an independent meaning in Western European art from about the XIV century. Yes, we can see the image of nature in the paintings of an earlier period. But then the landscape was only a background for portraits, genre scenes, as well as icons. It was not only an independent genre, but often was not real at all, but only generalized.

The development of the landscape began in ancient Eastern art.

Chinese artist Li Xixun (651-716) is the founder of the landscape painting movement in this country. His landscapes are distinguished by clear graphics and meticulous attention to detail.

A copy of Li Sisyun's landscape, dating back to the early 20th century. XVІ century Freer Gallery (Washington)

LANDSCAPE IN EUROPEAN PAINTING

Interest in landscape painting has increased significantly Early renaissance... And although in the pictures Italian artist and the architect Giotto (about 1267-1337), the landscape was still only an auxiliary means, but it was in his works that he was already beginning to acquire an independent semantic load... The landscape in his paintings becomes alive, rather realistic, he managed to convey the light and shade and the spatial sound of nature. Giotto's landscape was already emotional.

Giotto "Sermon to the Birds"

In the creation of the landscape genre of the era High Renaissance big role played by Giorgione (1476 / 7-1510), Titian (1473-1576), El Greco (1541-1614).

E. Greco "View of Toledo" (1596-1600). Oil on canvas, 47.75 × 42.75 cm.Metropolitan Museum (New York)

it famous landscape El Greco. Another name for the painting is "Toledo in a Thunderstorm". The author used phantasmagoric light to emphasize the menacing look of the stormy sky. The Spanish city of Toledo is depicted under a gloomy sky on a hill, which is covered with meadows and forests. The View of Toledo was one of the first landscapes in European art. Together with " Starry night»Van Gogh and several landscapes by William Turner, he is one of the most famous images of the sky in the history of European painting.

W. Turner "Sunset in Petworth Park" (1830). Oil on canvas, 63.5 × 139 cm. Art Museum in London Tate Britain

Pieter Bruegel (the Elder) managed to convey the beauty in nature. He pays attention not only to the monumentality of nature (sky, mountains), but also to little things: grass from under a stone, a broken tree ... Nature lives and breathes with him.

P. Bruegel (the Elder) “Gloomy day. Spring "(1565). Oil on wood, 118 x 163 cm.Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

THE BIRTH OF PLENAIR PAINTING

"Plein air" from French en plein air- "outdoors". The artists created their landscape paintings working directly in nature.

I. Levitan “Sunny Day. Spring "(1876-1877). Oil on canvas, 53 x 40.7 cm.Private collection

The French impressionists were especially successful in this. A. Savrasov and others worked in Russian painting in the open air. Spanish artist D. Velazquez, who was the first to pay great attention to the transfer of the colors of nature, the play of light sliding between the leaves of trees, etc.

D. Velazquez “Villa Medici in Rome. Noon "(1630). Oil on canvas, 44.5 × 38.5 cm. Prado (Madrid)

P. Rubens loved dynamic landscapes.

A French artist F. Boucher preferred gentle and dull colors for depicting pictures of nature.

F. Boucher "Crossing the Bridge" (1730s). Canvas, oil

Each artist has his own style and priorities. For example, it was important for the Impressionists to convey real world in its mobility and variability.

Post-Impressionist painters developed the traditions of the Impressionists in their painting.

Vincent van Gogh " Starlight Night"(1889). Canvas, oil. 73.7 × 92.1 cm. Museum contemporary art(New York)

In the XX century. representatives of the most diverse artistic directions that time.

Here is an example of a landscape American artist Helen (Helen) Frankenthaler (1928-2011) , working in the style of abstract art.

Helene Frankenthaler Mountains and Sea (1952)

SOME VARIETIES OF LANDSCAPE

Architectural landscape

Veduta is a kind of architectural landscape.

Veduta- a genre of European painting, especially popular in Venice in the 18th century. A Veduta is a painting, drawing or engraving detailing an everyday urban landscape. So, Dutch artist Jan Vermeer accurately portrayed his hometown of Delft.

Jan Vermeer View of Delft (1661). Canvas, oil. 96.5 × 115.7 cm. Mauritshuis (The Hague)

The masters worked in many European countries, including Russia (M. I. Makhaev and F. Ya. Alekseev). A number of leads with Russian views were performed by Giacomo Quarenghi.

Marina

Marina is a genre of painting, a kind of landscape (from lat. marinus- sea), depicting a sea view or a scene of a naval battle, in general, any events taking place at sea. Marina began her journey from Holland, where she excelled in independent view landscape painting in early XVII v.

Marineist(fr. mariniste) Is an artist who writes Marina. The brightest representatives of this genre are the Englishman William Turner and the Russian (Armenian) artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, who wrote about 6,000 paintings on the marine theme.

W. Turner "Fishermen at Sea" (1796). Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 122.2 cm. Art Museum in London Tate Britain

Historical landscape

The historical landscape is created in order to tell about the past through pictures of nature, as well as through architecture. Such landscapes were created by the artists N.K. Roerich, A.M. Vasnetsov (images of Moscow in the 17th century), E.E. Lanceray, A.N. Benois (Russian life and style Baroque XVIII c.), etc.

N. Roerich "Guests from Overseas" (1901). Canvas, oil. 85 x 112.5 cm. State Tretyakov Gallery(Moscow)

Futuristic (fantastic) landscape

It can be natural landscapes, and urban. People often want to look into the future. The bold ideas of architects and designers and the imaginations of artists give us the opportunity to see the outlines of the future city.

Futuristic landscape by artist Tigaer Hecker

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING?

The question is correct. After all, is it not just that the artist depicts a flower, not for the sake of this flower itself?

Of course. The meaning of landscape painting is always in the attitude of a person to environment... Whether it is a city or rural nature, it doesn't matter. And here we can already talk about the philosophy of the relationship between man and the world around him. These relationships can be harmonious and disharmonious.

Consider the landscape of I. Levitan "Vladimirka" .

I. Levitan "Vladimirka" (1892). Oil on canvas, 79 × 123 cm.The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)

"Vladimirka" in common parlance was called the Vladimirsky tract, a dirt road from Moscow towards Vladimir, known for that from the XVIII century. along it, the prisoners who were exiled to hard labor in Siberia were sent in a pedestrian order. TO late XIX c., when the picture was painted, the prisoners were already sent on trains.

In 1892, because of his Jewish origin Levitan was expelled from Moscow and lived for some time in a village located not far from the Vladimirsky tract. It was here that he got the idea to paint the canvas "Vladimirka". The desolation of the road, the clouds hanging over it, the lonely figure of the wanderer - all this creates an alarming and painful atmosphere, inspired by the thoughts of the thousands of prisoners who passed here. And only the skylight of the sun on the horizon and the church whitening in the distance personify a ray of hope.

Since time immemorial, people have always admired nature. They expressed their love by depicting it in all kinds of mosaics, bas-reliefs and paintings. Many great artists have dedicated their work to landscape painting. Pictures depicting forests, sea, mountains, rivers, fields are truly mesmerizing. And we need to respect the great masters who in such detail, colorfully and emotionally conveyed in their works all the beauty and power of the world around us. It is the landscape painters and their biographies that will be considered in this article. Today we will talk about the work of great painters from different times.

Famous landscape painters of the 17th century

In the 17th century, there were many talented people who preferred to portray the beauty of nature. Some of the most famous are Claude Lorrain and Jacob Isaac van Ruisdael. We will begin our story with them.

Claude Lorrain

The French artist is considered the founder of the landscape of the period of classicism. His canvases are characterized by incredible harmony and perfect composition. Distinctive feature K. Lorrain's technique was the ability to flawlessly convey sunlight, its rays, reflection in water, etc.

Despite the fact that the maestro was born in France, most he spent his life in Italy, where he left when he was only 13 years old. He returned to his homeland only once, and then for two years.

The most famous works K. Lorrain are paintings "View of the Roman Forum" and "View of the port with the Capitol". Nowadays they can be seen in the Louvre.

Jacob Isaac van Ruisdael

Jacob van Ruisdael - a representative of realism - was born in Holland. During his travels in the Netherlands and Germany, the artist painted many remarkable works, which are characterized by a sharp contrast in tones, dramatic colors and coldness. One of the brightest examples of such pictures can be considered the "European Cemetery".

However, the artist's work was not limited to gloomy canvases - he depicted and rural landscapes... The most famous works are considered to be "View of the village of Egmond" and "Landscape with a water mill".

XVIII century

For painting XVIII century is characterized by many interesting features, during this period, the beginning of new directions in the mentioned art form was laid. Venetian landscape painters, for example, worked in such areas as the view landscape (another name is leading) and architectural (or urban). And the leading landscape, in turn, was subdivided into precise and fantastic. A bright representative a fantastic vedic is Francesco Guardi. Even contemporary landscape painters can envy his fantasies and technique.

Francesco Guardi

Without exception, all of his works are distinguished by impeccably accurate perspective, wonderful reproduction of colors. Landscapes have a certain magical appeal, it is simply impossible to take your eyes off them.

His most delightful works include the canvases “ Holiday ship Doge "Bucintoro", "Gondola in the Lagoon", "Venetian Courtyard" and "Rio dei Mendicanti". All of his paintings depict views of Venice.

William Turner

This artist is a representative of romanticism.

A distinctive feature of his canvases is the use of many shades of yellow. It was the yellow palette that became the main one in his works. The master explained this by the fact that such shades were associated with the sun and the purity that he wanted to see in his paintings.

Turner's most beautiful and mesmerizing work is The Garden of Hesperides, a fantastic landscape.

Ivan Aivazovsky and Ivan Shishkin

These two people are truly the greatest and most famous landscape painters in Russia. The first - Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky - depicted the majestic sea in his paintings. The riot of the elements, billowing waves, spray of foam crashing against the side of a banked ship, or a quiet, serene expanse illuminated by the setting sun - seascapes delight and amaze with their naturalness and beauty. By the way, such landscape painters are called marine painters. The second - Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin - loved to portray the forest.

Both Shishkin and Aivazovsky are landscape painters of the 19th century. Let us dwell on the biography of these individuals in more detail.

In 1817, Ivan Aivazovsky, one of the most famous marine painters in the world, was born.

He was born into a wealthy family, his father was an Armenian businessman. It is not surprising that the future maestro had a weakness for sea ​​elements... After all, Feodosia, the most beautiful port city, became the birthplace of this artist.

In 1839 Ivan graduated from where he studied for six years. The artist's style was greatly influenced by the work of the French marine painters C. Vernet and C. Lorrain, who painted their canvases according to the canons of Baroque-classicism. The most famous work IK Aivazovsky is considered the painting "The Ninth Wave", made in 1850.

except seascapes, great artist worked on the image of battle scenes ( vivid example- painting " Chesme battle", 1848), and also devoted many of his canvases to themes Armenian history("A visit by J. G. Byron to the Mkhitarist monastery near Venice", 1880).

Aivazovsky was lucky to achieve incredible fame during his lifetime. Many landscape painters who became famous in the future admired his work and took an example from him. The great creator passed away in 1990.

Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich was born in January 1832 in the city of Elabug. The family in which Vanya was brought up was not very prosperous (his father was a poor merchant). In 1852, Shishkin began his studies at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, from which he would graduate four years later, in 1856. Even the most early works Ivan Ivanovich are distinguished by their extraordinary beauty and unsurpassed technique. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 1865 for the canvas "View in the vicinity of Dusseldorf" II Shishkin was given the title of academician. And after eight years he received the title of professor.

Like many others, he painted from nature, spending a long time in nature, in places where no one could disturb him.

Most famous canvases great painter are "Wilderness" and "Morning in pine forest", Written in 1872, and more early painting"Noon. In the vicinity of Moscow "(1869)

The life of a talented person was interrupted in the spring of 1898.

Many Russian landscape painters use big amount details and vivid color rendering. The same can be said about these two representatives of Russian painting.

Alexey Savrasov

Alexey Kondratyevich Savrasov is a world-renowned landscape painter. It is he who is considered the founder of the Russian lyrical landscape.

This one was born outstanding person in Moscow in 1830. In 1844, Alexei began his studies at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture. Already from his youth, he was distinguished by a special talent and ability to depict landscapes. However, despite this, according to family circumstances the young man was forced to interrupt his studies and resume it only four years later.

The most famous and beloved work of Savrasov is, of course, the painting The Rooks Have Arrived. It was presented at the Traveling Exhibition in 1971. No less interesting are the paintings of IK Savrasov "Rye", "Thaw", "Winter", "Country Road", "Rainbow", " Elk Island". However, according to critics, none of the artist's works has been compared with his masterpiece "The Rooks Have Arrived."

Despite the fact that Savrasov wrote many beautiful canvases and was already known as the author of wonderful paintings, soon they forget about him for a long time. And in 1897 he died in poverty, driven to despair by family troubles, the death of children and alcohol addiction.

But great landscape painters cannot be forgotten. They live in their paintings, the charm of which is breathtaking, and which we can admire to this day.

Second half of the 19th century

This period is characterized by the prevalence in Russian painting of such a trend as everyday landscape. Many Russian landscape painters worked in this vein, including Makovsky Vladimir Egorovich. No less famous masters those times are Arseny Meshchersky, as well as the previously described Aivazovsky and Shishkin, whose work fell on the middle and second half of the 19th century.

Arseny Meshchersky

This one was born famous artist in 1834 in the Tver province. He received his education in Imperial Academy arts, where he studied for three years. The main themes of the author's canvases were forest ones, and the artist was very fond of depicting magnificent views of the Crimea and the Caucasus with their majestic mountains in his paintings. In 1876 he was promoted to professor of landscape painting.

The most successful and well-known of his canvases can be considered the paintings "Winter. Icebreaker "," View of Geneva "," Storm in the Alps "," Near a forest lake "," Southern landscape "," View in the Crimea ".

Besides Meshchersky also conveyed the beauty of Switzerland. In this country, he gained experience for some time with the master of landscape painting Kalam.

The master was also fond of sepia and engraving. In these techniques, he also created many wonderful works.

Many paintings by the artist in question were shown at exhibitions both in Russia and in other countries of the world. Therefore, many people managed to appreciate the talent and originality of this creative person. Arseny Meshchersky's paintings continue to delight many people who are fond of art to this day.

Makovsky Vladimir Egorovich

V.E. Makovsky was born in Moscow in 1846. His father was a famous artist. Vladimir decided to follow in his father's footsteps and received art education at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, after which he left for St. Petersburg.

His most successful paintings were “Waiting. At the prison "," Bank collapse "," Explanation "," Lodging house"And" Spring Bacchanalia ". The works mainly depict ordinary people and everyday scenes.

In addition to everyday landscapes, of which he was a master, Makovsky also painted portraits and various illustrations.

The heyday of Russian painting is the 19th century. During this period, outstanding landscape paintings were created, which are masterpieces visual arts... Images of nature created by world-renowned Russian artists have enriched not only Russian, but also world culture.

Paintings of Russian landscape painters

Perhaps the first painting that attracted attention to Russian landscape art was the work of the artist Savrasov "The Rooks Have Arrived". The canvas was exhibited at the first exhibition of the Association of Itinerant Artists, which was formed in the second half of the 19th century. The plot of the picture is striking in its simplicity. The viewer sees a bright spring day: the snow has not melted yet, but have already returned migratory birds... This motive is simply permeated with the artist's love for native land and the desire to convey the "soul" of the surrounding world to the viewer. One gets the impression that the picture was painted in one breath, in it:

• The first breath of the spring breeze is felt;


• The quiet calm life of nature is visible.

In the same year, when Savrasov presented his canvas for discussion to the audience, the painting "Thaw" was painted by a young Russian artist Vasiliev. The painting also depicts waking up from winter sleep nature. The river, still covered with ice, is already a danger. A ray of the sun, which breaks through the thick clouds, illuminates the hut, trees and a distant shore. This landscape is filled with sadness and lyrics. Unfortunately, the young artist died early, so many of his ideas were never realized.

The paintings of the artists Savrasov and Vasiliev are united by the desire to reflect the spirituality of Russian nature. There is a kind of mystical beginning in their works, which pushes the audience to reflect on the importance of love for their native nature.

An outstanding master of Russian landscape painting is the world-renowned artist Shishkin. This master left a huge legacy. His paintings are in many museums around the world.

It is impossible not to name well-known Russian landscape painters Aivazovsky and Kuindzhi, who enriched world culture with their masterpieces. The sea views in Aivazovsky's paintings are mesmerizing and attractive. And bright motley colors of Kuindzhi's canvases charge with optimism.

Russian landscape painters of the 19th century discovered their recognizable style in the depiction of nature. They filled the paintings with love for the world around them and displayed its originality on the canvases.

We are glad to welcome you to the blog about contemporary art. Today I want to talk about painting, so this post is entirely dedicated to landscapes of Russian artists... In it you will find the most full information about the work of Alexander Afonin, Alexey Savchenko and Viktor Bykov. All of them are not just talented, but gifted individuals. Their work is multifaceted, original and skillful. They attract the attention of not only citizens of the Russian land, but also representatives, collectors from far abroad. It is not an easy task to write about them briefly, but we will try to synthesize the information in order to present to your gaze only the most interesting and important from the life of artists and their work. Well, let's move on to the landscapes of Russian artists?

Landscapes of the true Russian artist Alexander Afonin

Alexander Afonin is called a true Russian artist, modern Shishkin, which is quite justified. He is a member of the UNESCO International Federation of Artists (1996), and has been awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation since 2004. The artist was born in 1966 in Kursk. He started painting at the age of 12. Gradually growing up, the young man began to attract reproductions of world masterpieces of painting. Father Pavel was a support for Alexander, he explained to him the basics of drawing, tonality. Comprehending art "at home", Afonin entered the Kursk art school from which he graduated in 1982.

The period from 1982 to 1986 was a turning point for the artist for the whole further life... In addition to the fact that during this time period Afonin was educated at the Zheleznogorsk Art School, it was then that he learned professionalism. Today Alexander considers this school to be one of the best in Russia.

Alexander Pavlovich Afonin prefers to paint landscapes not from photography and not in the office, but from nature. The artist argues that copying photographic landscapes is a good soil for degradation, in particular, the loss of a sense of freshness and a sense of air. No wonder great masters like Levitan, Savrasov, Kuindzhi nursed kilometers in search of nature.

Thanks to his talent and hard work, in 1989 Afonin entered the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, which at that time was just beginning its history. Alexander completed his postgraduate studies, became an assistant professor of the academic department of painting and drawing, and was also appointed head of the landscape workshop. Now Alexander Pavlovich is already a professor, head of the department and honored artist of his homeland. The artist believes that every remote corner of the Russian land can and should be captured in the field of high art.

The author's paintings are so poetic and permeated with freshness that you don't even want to take your eyes off one canvas in order to look at another. We wish you a lot of positive emotions while viewing the landscapes of the Russian artist.

Landscapes of nature at different times of the year from Alexei Savchenko

Alexey Savchenko is a fairly young artist, but already recognizable and very promising. The main themes of his paintings, created thanks to the etude manner of writing, are small towns, half-forgotten villages, surviving churches, in a word, the hinterland of immense Russia. Savchenko specializes in landscapes of nature at different times of the year. As a rule, his paintings convey the nature of the middle zone of the Russian Federation.

Landscapes of the Russian artist Alexei Savchenko take not color, but some wayward northern mood. , the maximum of color realism - perhaps this is what is very expressively seen on the author's canvases.

Alexey Alexandrovich was born in 1975. He was lucky to be born in a wonderful historic city Sergiev Posad, the pearl of the "Golden Ring", primarily known as a place of mass Orthodox pilgrimage.

In 1997, Alexey graduated from the All-Russian College of Toys. 2001 - Faculty of Fine Arts and Folk Crafts at Moscow Pedagogical University. Since 2005 - member Creative Union Russian artists. Constantly takes part in exhibitions professional artists... Many of his works are held by art collectors in Russia and abroad.

"The Forest Like a Living" by the Russian artist Viktor Bykov

Victor Alexandrovich Bykov is famous Russian landscape painter, the author of many works directly related to the beauty and lyricism of Russian nature. The artist was born in 1958. He started painting early enough. Graduated in 1980 art school... In the period from 1988 to 1993, Viktor Bykov studied at the eminent "Stroganovka", which is now called the Moscow State Academy of Art and Industry named. S.G. Stroganov.

Today, the author's style of painting in contemporary art circles is called naturalistic realism, in old days of the last century, they would say "the forest is like a living". Juicy tones in the hands of an experienced artist give the desired effect of living paintings. Barely connected lines, combined with textured thick layers of paint, applied in a continuous array on the canvas, make the author's landscapes of the Russian artist both bright and rich in details. Through this technique, an enthusiastic feeling of the fantasticness of the paintings, their fabulous infinity is achieved.

The landscapes in the paintings of the Russian artist convey incredible realism, it seems as if they tell about the nature of life of the sun's rays and, at the same time, move transparent air in huge volumes. The artist's paintings are saturated with harmonious colors, fresh images, the mood of Mother Nature.

It is admired by winter, in which finely selected shades perfectly recreate various natural states - from frost resistance in spring, crystal freshness of a snowy morning to mysterious late silence. winter evening... The snow cover in the artist's paintings makes one feel the structure of the snow, the graininess of its slender crystals.

Landscapes of the Russian artist Viktor Bykov popular both in homeland and abroad (private collections in France and Germany). The artist's reproductions are used in decorative design, even when creating patterns for embroidery. And who knows, perhaps we come across the work of Victor much more often, unintentionally, incognito, without attaching much importance to this or mentally giving dreams of colorful landscapes of the Russian land and her talented masters of art.

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