Vasnetsov A. "Winter Dream (Winter)"
"Winter Dream (Winter)" 1908-1914 From the series "Seasons"
Canvas, oil. Private collection
Description of the painting by Vasnetsov A.M. "Winter dream"
In the painting "Winter Dream" Vasnetsova A.M. depicts the edge of a winter forest. On the left side you can see the clear lines of the path left by the sleigh, which are heading towards the slightly visible village in the distance. The snow lies softly in a large fluffy blanket on the shaggy paws of tall perennials, and very small, freshly grown firs.
Some kind of ringing silence is felt, which can easily be broken by any rustle of a falling branch or the crunch of snow under the paws of a running hare. The depth of the forest, located on the right side, beckons, and at the same time a little frightening.
Already evening. The orange-lemon tone of the sky smoothly turns into bluish shades of snowdrifts. Calmness and silence reigns around. The work has features of modernism. This is evidenced by giving the picture some artificiality and fabulousness, as well as adding volume to individual elements of the image.
The author deliberately added color intensity to some details of the image and highlighted their outline. Due to this, fluffiness of snow and severe frost immediately begin to be felt. I want to play snowballs and make a snowman. The author managed to betray all the depth and feelings in this work.
Alfred Sisley, Snow at Louveciennes, 1873.
Alfred Sisley- A French impress artist of English origin, during his life he painted many landscapes at different times of the year. Among them are colorful pictures of summer, melancholy autumn landscapes and images of spring nature full of tenderness. He conveyed all these states with the help of a restrained, muted color palette, characteristic of the artist’s special manner. He created most of his paintings in the open air, directly interacting with nature, which is why they seem natural, natural and alive to us.
"Snow in Louveciennes" - one of the most famous winter landscapes of Alfred Sisley. In front of us we observe a snowy road, at the end of which there is a barely distinguishable human figure. The path is framed by low walls and a gate, behind which you can see the snow-covered branches of trees. The background is characterized by the presence of trees of a darker color, and the most distant trees are almost inseparable from the sky.
The landscape is not distinguished by a variety of shades, it is made in a very limited range of colors. Cold colors mixed with white predominate, and white itself is dominant. In some ways, the picture seems a little heavy and too heaped up. There is no place for sunlight in it, we have a gloomy, dark landscape in front of us, despite the dominant white color and its derivatives.
Everything is shrouded in mist and a hopeless fog. The artist actively uses the technique of expressive stroke, and this is especially noticeable in this picture. There are no small traced details in it, it completely “consists” of rough, thick strokes superimposed on each other. They are located very close to each other, leaving not a single unused spot on the canvas.
It seems that the action of the picture takes place on a weekday winter day, unremarkable and not reflecting any changes in the state of nature. We can assume that this is the very peak of winter, its middle, when snow falls daily and massively covers everything around. While there is no hope for the onset of a warmer and sunny season - spring, and winter envelops boundless spaces.
“Snow at Louveciennes” is a rather static, “rectilinear” landscape by Alfred Sisley, devoid of an atmosphere of fabulousness. However, such paintings were no exception in the work of the great French artist. Along with lyrical landscapes, Sisley paid great attention to the depiction of the “prose of life” and did not seek to embody fictional worlds full of magic and mystery on canvases. Many of his paintings are realistic and concrete, they have no place for fiction and imagination.
Winter
In his painting, the great artist Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin depicted the splendor of a snowy winter. Dense, winter forest, densely shrouded in white, fluffy snow.
Mighty trees seem to be petrified by the winter cold. The dark, wide trunks of huge pines stand out clearly against the snow-white bedspread. Young, thin trees bent from the weight of the winter snow that had fallen on them. Literally every branch of numerous trees is covered with a layer of fluffy snow. A small bird sits on one of the branches.
In the foreground is a small forest clearing wrapped in a winter blanket. From under large snowdrifts, branches and trunks of pine trees broken off by a snow blizzard are visible.
To the right, the forest stands as a dense, impenetrable, black wall. To the left, light breaks through the branches of trees. Also, a white streak of light can be seen in the distance, which beckons deep into the vast expanses of the forest.
Silence and tranquility reigns in the winter forest. The snow is absolutely clean and untouched; neither a human nor an animal trace is visible on it. Coniferous trees, before the onset of spring, fell into a deep, winter sleep.
The talented Russian artist used white, shades of gray, as well as a slightly yellowish color and many shades of brown to paint the picture. Despite the predominance of white, cold color on the canvas, the picture does not seem harsh.
The landscape pacifies and makes you immerse yourself in the fabulous atmosphere of the winter thicket. The realism of the picture awakens the desire to walk along the crisp winter cover of the mysterious forest.
Composition based on the painting by Zim Shishkin
Having met with the work, Ivan Ivan Shishkin "Winter" in the exhibition hall or on the pages of the textbook, you immediately feel the full depth of the image. A great landscape painter, even his last name speaks of his passion for the beauty of the world around him. The author wrote this composition in 1890. Like all paintings of the creator, the picture has its own characteristics and touches. Snow haze envelops the tree trunks, the vault of heaven and the thin track of the ground clearance. The most striking thing is the depth of the image. The perspective leads far into the pine forest, and the dark textures of the forest thicket hide the true soul of nature.
A clear demarcation of each individual object creates a real picture of the winter forest. The dark depth in the background helps to understand how big this place is. A small clearing on the front of the picture serves as a white contrast. The pine grove consists of relatively young trees, some of the trunks fell to the ground, apparently even before the start of snowfalls, since they are evenly covered with a snow cover. The sharp branches of a small bush in the left corner once again emphasize the non-man-made origin of this wonderful place.
The picture is replete with colors, although at first glance it can be called black and white. The artist uses a rich palette to shade and create three-dimensional images. The trees are made not only in black, but also in several shades of brown and even gray. The snow is also not pristine. There are various colors, in particular - yellow.
The incredible realism of the image in our time could be mistaken for a photocopy, but in the time of the artist this technique had not yet been invented and people completely relied on their own strength and talent. That is why among domestic landscape painters, Shishkin carries the palm as the best draftsman.
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