The name of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin has been familiar to everyone since childhood: it is his painting that is depicted on the wrapper of the “Bears in the Forest” candy. Besides this outstanding work the painter has dozens of others that hang on the walls best museums peace.
Ivan Ivanovich with titles, located in the Tretyakov Gallery
"Pinery. Mast forest in Vyatka province”, “Deciduous forest”, “Spruce forest”, “Oak trees. Evening”, “Pines illuminated by the sun”, “Oak trees”, “In the forest of Countess Mordvinova. Peterhof", "Pond in the Old Park", "Rye", "Morning in pine forest", "Noon. In the vicinity of Moscow”, “A Walk in the Forest” is just a small but worthy collection of works by the great Russian realist artist. This is Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Paintings with titles - twelve canvases in total - are located on the premises of the Tretyakov Gallery, which tourists from all over the world and Muscovites - true connoisseurs of art - strive to visit.
"Morning in a pine forest"
In the 80-90s XIX century were written by Shishkin himself. With the names, 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 double. “Morning in a pine forest” - Russian realistic landscape. Looking at the canvas, it is difficult to understand that this is not a photograph, but a painting - Shishkin so skillfully conveyed the play of light and shadows, as well as the activities of his main characters - a mother bear with three cubs. In the dark wilderness of the forest, a random ray of sun that breaks through the heavy crowns of trees is an indicator of the time of day, in this case, morning.
Work on the painting took place in 1889. Shishkin was helped by the artist Savitsky, who initially insisted on his authorship of the bear figures. However, the collector Tretyakov erased his signature and ordered that the painting become the full-fledged brainchild of Ivan Shishkin. Art critics have proven that “Morning in pine forest"was written from life. The painter spent a long time choosing an animal that could become a symbol of the Russian forest: a wild boar, an elk or a bear. However, Shishkin liked the first two least of all. In search of the perfect bears and suitable forest, he traveled all over the place and, having met a brown family, wrote it down from memory. From the moment of conception to the complete completion of work on the canvas, 4 years have passed, and today “Morning in a Pine Forest” flaunts in Tretyakov Gallery, like other paintings by the artist Shishkin (there are no problems with the names, all works are signed).
"In the Wild North"
Looking at this famous picture, one involuntarily recalls stanzas from Lermontov’s poem, which are a continuation of this landscape by Shishkin: “... A pine tree stands alone on the bare top, And it sleeps, swaying, and is dressed in loose snow like a robe.” The work was prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Mikhail Yuryevich and became a worthy illustration of the collection of his poems. Some other paintings by Ivan Shishkin (with titles) are also included in the books fiction, which proves the painter’s invaluable contribution to the development of Russian art of the 19th century century.
The artist Byalynitsky-Birulya highly appreciated the painting “In the Wild North” and commented that Lermontov would be happy to see such a worthy illustration for his poem. Like a poet with words, so with a brush and paint, a painter conveys a mood, in this case, thoughtful and a little sad. The motive of loneliness is obvious: at the edge of the cliff there is a pine tree, separated from the rest of the forest, whose branches are heavy from the piled snow. Ahead is a blue abyss, above is a clear but sad sky of the same color. Pure white snow, occupying one third of the picture, shines in the rays of the sun, but it is not destined to melt soon, because the weather conditions in the wild north are very harsh.
"Rye"
Known to many art connoisseurs since childhood, it was painted in 1878. The painting “Rye” conveys the breadth of the Russian land and the soul of the Russian person: two-thirds of the canvas is occupied blue sky with low snow-white clouds, and the rest of the space is devoted to a rye field, in some places of which tall pines sprout. This tree has forever become a symbol of the Russian land. Looking at the painting “Rye”, one involuntarily recalls the lines from O. Mandelstam’s poetry: “And the pine tree reaches the star...”. If the poet had lived at the time of painting, Shishkin would probably have borrowed this stanza. The paintings with the titles of this artist convey the simplicity, kindness and depth of his soul, but the concept of the work becomes clear after a long and close look. There is nothing majestic or intriguing in the title “Rye”, as it seems at first glance, but if you look closely at the majestic pines that stand like heroes, you get the impression that these trees are a kind of protectors of the rye fields and the entire Russian land.
"Italian Boy"
Ivan Shishkin was the most enlightened artist of Russian realism, so he considered it his duty to depict on canvas not only landscapes, but also portraits, of which there are not many in the painter’s collection. However, this does not make the author’s talent any less - it is worth taking a look at the work “The Italian Boy”. The year the portrait was painted is unknown, but Ivan Ivanovich probably created it in the late period of his work. There are similarities with the self-portrait that Shishkin himself worked on in 1856. Paintings (with titles), most of which are landscapes, are located in the Tretyakov Gallery and other reputable government institutions, but fate " Italian boy"remains unknown.
"Cutting Wood"
Fallen trees - common occurrence, which was portrayed by Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich. Paintings with the titles “Pine Forest”, “Logs. The village of Konstantinovka near Krasnoe Selo" and "Cutting the Forest" demonstrate this the best way. Last work the author is the most famous. Shishkin worked on “Cutting Woods” in 1867 during a trip to Valaam. The beauty of a pine forest, majestic and defenseless, was often depicted by Ivan Ivanovich on canvases, and the moment when he demonstrates the consequences of human invasion into virgin lands is especially tragic. What awaits the rest of the trees that stand in the background is known to Shishkin himself, but the stumps chopped off at the roots evoke melancholy and testify to the superiority of man over nature.
About which of the Russian painters can we say: “The most Russian artist”? Of course, this is Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Biography of the master - life path a talented person, not burdened with psychological or mental pathologies, that is, what motivates many representatives of the art world. After all, talent, according to many, is a kind of deviation from the norm, a kind of anomaly. However, even the most profound psychoanalyst will not say that about Ivan Shishkin.
The artist's attitude
The artist Shishkin, whose biography and work are well known and studied - shining example kind soul, divine spark, hard work and love for native nature. His talent developed on fertile and pure soil
What does the artist's biography of Shishkin look like? Since birth - good family, Orthodox traditions, kindness, care and careful attitude to every creature encountered along the way. This attitude was reflected in every painting that Shishkin created.
The artist’s biography and paintings will be examined in this article from a somewhat unusual perspective. We are driven great love and respect for the master. His life and work are devoid of scandals and mysteries.
Early recognition and popularity
Slava herself found Ivan Ivanovich, and she came to him quite early, without infecting him with a dangerous virus. Probably deep inner world, patriarchal upbringing, high morality and spirituality created a strong immunity for him. But this disease - fame - has ruined many lives and destroyed entire destinies.
"Morning in a pine forest"
Ivan Shishkin was wonderful and honest. His biography is a description of a personality rare in its spiritual qualities. Interesting in this regard is the story of famous painting"Morning in a pine forest". The canvas was written in collaboration with Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky. Savitsky proposed an idea. He wanted to paint a landscape with a bear family.
Ivan Ivanovich painted a virgin, dense forest, where no human had ever set foot. For Shishkin, gloomy nature is nonsense. In all his paintings there are either rays of the midday sun, or many open sky, or a pond, or a road. “Morning...” is completely devoid of all this. Accident? Gloomy mood? Nothing happened! The picture turned out full of life and joyful fresh energy. Three suckling bear cubs can frolic in this way only when they are completely safe. A strict mother bear would not allow noisy fuss near a human dwelling. Moreover, she doesn’t have two kids, as is usually the case, but three. The she-bear and two cubs were drawn by Savitsky, and the third one, the one on the right, was completed by Shishkin for greater harmony and believability.
The famous collector Pyotr Tretyakov really liked the work, but he demanded that Savitsky’s signature be blotted out, leaving the authorship to Shishkin. Savitsky agreed, although he considered the decision unfair. Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was very upset about this. A short biography of a noble man who is capable of compromise is shown in the story of this painting. After all, Ivan Ivanovich wrote it for Savitsky and selected a landscape for the background that corresponded to his friend’s plan, because he himself did not like such remote places. Tretyakov decided the fate of the painting in his own way. He had some kind of friction with Savitsky.
Childhood
How few artists Ivan Ivanovich understood the intricacies of depicting nature. Where did Shishkin get his knowledge from? The artist’s biography is closely and inextricably linked with the Central part of Russia, with its forests, fields and rivers. He was born in Yelabuga into a merchant family. And the merchants in those days were a respected class - educated and cultured.
Ivan Ivanovich’s father loved books, was interested in history, and even wrote a book about his native land. Being a rich and successful entrepreneur, he spent considerable money on charity, be it building a church or
His son’s interest in painting aroused his approval. The boy was bought paints, paper, hired good teachers. Ivan even painted the fence of his house as a child, information about which was preserved in his archives hometown. After all, Shishkin’s biography is not a secret and has no blind spots. Everything is pure and transparent, like rays sunlight on his landscapes. Without being complex and without undergoing sharp ups and downs, the biography of Shishkin, an artist and a person, was by no means serenely happy and smooth.
Professional education
Ivan Ivanovich received a good education. He studied in Moscow at the School of Painting and Sculpture, then at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. These educational institutions provided excellent fundamental knowledge in the field of art and architecture. They became a successful start for many talented people. Ivan Shishkin was no exception.
The artist’s biography shows that he took the study of the craft seriously and conscientiously. Professional education gave the artist an understanding that a pictorial painting is a complexly constructed ability to handle light and shadow, to see everything, but to capture on the canvas only what is characteristic and basic.
Attitude to craft
Some amateurs claim that Shishkin's paintings are a kind of photographs of that time.
If we look chronologically at the paintings painted by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, short biography, not even brief, but complete can be traced in his works. They have no politics or social orientation. It is obvious. His paintings show a sensitive attitude to detail. Hence the authenticity and life in his paintings. Judge for yourself.
There remains evidence of a conversation that took place between Ivan Ivanovich and Ilya Efimovich Repin. Looking at the sketches of the timber rafting, Shishkin asked Repin what kind of wood was being floated down the river. Repin was surprised: “I don’t know, what’s the matter?” Ivan Ivanovich explained that each type of wood behaves differently from moisture. Some log houses swell, others sink, and still others repel water. Apparently, he believed that it was important to correctly depict the logs from which the rafts were made. Only then will the picture look authentic. If you use colors that correspond to a larch that is drowning in water, then the picture will give a feeling of unreliability and disharmony.
It was the precision in detail that made the painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” so famous. Everything there is accurate and honest. That is why his paintings are so loved and popular. Their calm harmony never caused disputes or conflicts.
Fans of “fried” facts and boudoir secrets have no need to delve into personal life artist. Everything there is honest and clean. Shishkin's biography, his emotional experiences, ups and downs - all this is in his paintings. During his life, and Ivan Ivanovich lived for 66 years, he painted several hundred paintings.
Noon Artist
Why Ivan Shishkin is called the artist of noon is not difficult to guess. In general, landscape painters love to depict nature during sunrises or sunsets, during thunderstorms, storms or fog. Ivan Ivanovich chose a time of day when there was practically no shadow, and expressiveness and authenticity were achieved in other ways. Having lived all my childhood in Yelabuga, having absorbed the beauty and peace of my beloved land, to dear to my heart Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin would subsequently return to landscapes throughout his life. The artist’s biography closely interweaves the milestones of his fate and the paintings he created. “Rye” is typical in this sense.
"Rye"
It was written in Yelabuga in 1878. The midday sun does not create a shadow, but we clearly feel the gusts of wind through the stuffiness summer day. They just began to ruffle the heavy ears of corn. In a few minutes a thunderstorm will break out, which will wet the ground, and the grain will not fall off.
The landscape is full of life and healthy energy, but why is there a withered pine tree in the background? So in real life can not be. This tree should have been cut down for firewood long ago. What does Shishkin's biography say about this period of his life? He recently buried his wife and two young sons. This doesn’t happen in real life, we repeat. The artist does not agree with this fate, but he is trying to come to terms, looking for a way to learn to live in new reality. Hence the road, lost in the field. What's ahead? “Is it worth walking along it, trying to recover from grief with work?” thought Ivan Shishkin. The artist's biography is encrypted in his creations. This is certain.
Trying to start a new life
After a series of tragedies with loved ones, Ivan Ivanovich tried to drown his grief in the old way. However, it was not in his nature to give up. Gradually he coped and started life over. Shishkin's biography contains information about his second marriage, but it also ended in tragedy. The young wife died. Ivan Ivanovich was no longer looking for a life partner. The sister of the second wife came to help raise and raise two girls from her first marriage.
Paintings as a reflection of the situation in the country
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was born on January 13, 1832, and died on March 8, 1898. Judging by his drawings, it was the most beautiful, calmest, most well-fed and serene time for our country, only occasionally darkened, but, in general, it grew rich and prospered. This was in those years when ordinary students with good academic performance received state scholarships and studied partly in Russia, partly in Italy, France, Germany or other countries. The same thing happened with Shishkin.
Farewell painting
How did Ivan Shishkin live his life? The biography is short and poignant and can be read in his last work-testament “ Ship Grove" not breaking under the blows of fate, and until the end of his life, preserving light and Christian humility in his heart, not allowing into it the darkness and shadow of insults and disappointments.
Hundreds of years will pass, and people, looking at Shishkin’s paintings, will learn what our planet looked like when it still had forests and undeveloped territories. They will be overcome by a feeling of tenderness for their land, for their small homeland. The artist Shishkin, whose biography and work are inextricably linked with Russia, painted not only domestic landscapes. He has a whole body of work done in Germany, Switzerland and Finland, where he lived eldest daughter with husband. He often came to her, and, working in the open air, for his subjects he chose places that reminded him of Yelabuga, the Kama floodplain, and pine groves.
Let us remember today the work of Ivan Shishkin“A school of man”, “a milestone in the development of Russian landscape” - this is how contemporaries wrote about Shishkin. On this day, I propose to remember our, without a doubt, national treasure, look at the paintings again, read about this person and look through old photographs.
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was born on January 25 (13th old style) 1832 in Yelabuga (Vyatka province) into a poor merchant family. His father, Ivan Vasilyevich, rented a mill and traded grain, but besides this, he was passionate about history and archeology, developed and implemented a water supply system in Yelabuga, wrote manuals and books, and used his own money to restore the ancient tower of the city.
Shishkin's father, Ivan Vasilievich. Portrait of V.P. Vereshchagina
It was the father who encouraged the development of a creative streak in his son - he praised him for his success in drawing, worked with him on wood carving, and eventually sent him to study at Moscow school painting, sculpture and architecture, where young Ivan ended up in the professor’s class portrait painting A.N. Mokritsky, who noticed young man talent as a landscape painter, and helped him develop in the right direction, which Shishkin later recalled with gratitude.
I.I. Shishkin, self-portrait, 1854
While studying at the school, Shishkin was interested in the question of why Italian or Swiss landscapes (including those performed by our artists) are so captivating with their color and richness; is it not possible to achieve the same by painting native spaces. And this “nationality” turned out to be as appropriate as possible “here and now”: at the same time, other artists increasingly began to turn to everything Russian, and writers did not lag behind. And realism began to be valued and enjoyed success.
View on the island of Valaam, 1858
Shishkin worked on his paintings with such diligence that sometimes it seems that every blade of grass and every leaf was not left unattended by him, and often with such precision that it could be used as an illustration in a botanical atlas.
Young walnut shoots, 1870s
Burdocks, 1878
Of course, there were and are those who say that emotions are lost behind such thoroughness, they called him a “photographer” and a “copyist,” but time puts everything in its place: how many people in our vast expanses do not know the name of Shishkin, even being completely far from art? Are there many people who don’t know the author of “that picture with the bears” or “that field with rye”? Shishkin’s landscapes have long ceased to be just a phenomenon in art; they are inextricably linked with Russian nature, they are as if it itself.
Before the Storm, 1884
Hut, 1861
Autumn forest, 1876
Landscape with a lake, 1886
In the wild north..., 1891
Foggy morning, 1885
Kama near Yelabuga, 1895
Road in the Rye, 1866
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin is deservedly called an excellent draftsman. He did not part with a pencil, and everywhere he made sketches of everything that seemed interesting to him, be it a broken tree branch, clouds or a dried leaf.
Landscape with carts, early 1870s
Stream in the forest
Summer in the field (Shepherd with his flock), early 1860s
Forest river, 1893
Trees in the field. Bratsevo, 1866
Village, 1874
Letter from Shishkin to his parents with a sketch, 1858
By the way, he received his first awards precisely for drawing, while being a student at the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he entered after graduating from college. His successes were repeatedly noted with medals, and upon completion, along with the Big Gold Medal, Shishkin was awarded a three-year trip abroad. True, he left only 2 years later; he was much more occupied with his native place, and he spent time hugging a travel album, making sketches from life.
View of Elabuga, 1861
Abroad, he worked in Germany, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
I.I. Shishkin in Dusseldorf, photograph, 1864/65
Despite all the European beauties, he was drawn home; he wanted to paint Russian nature. Although, it should be noted, on this trip he created the painting “View in the vicinity of Dusseldorf”, for which he was awarded the title of academician.
View in the vicinity of Dusseldorf, 1865
Dresden. Bridge of Augustus, 1862
Beech forest in Switzerland, 1863
Swiss landscape, 1866
Upon his return, he travels around Russia and becomes a member of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions along with Repin, Kramskoy, Vasnetsov, Surikov and others. At this time, Shishkin finally formed a recognizable style, in which there is no place for romanticization, but there is the beauty of nature in itself, and in the late 60s he wrote one of his most famous works- “Noon in the vicinity of Moscow.”
Noon in the vicinity of Moscow, 1869
The artist is madly in love with the forest, regularly going into the wilds from the very early morning, and working tirelessly on sketches and sketches. It should be noted that in his paintings the forest is always majestic, and even solemn.
Forest guardhouse, 1892
Sosnovy Bor, 1895
Winter in the Forest (Rime), 1877
Birch Grove, 1878
Oak Grove, 1887
Meadow at the edge of the forest. Siverskaya, 1887
Edge of a deciduous forest, 1895
I.I. Shishkin with peasants, photograph, 1890
Often in Shishkin’s paintings nature has truly epic power, and people or animals do not appear too often. It is also a well-known fact that the bears on the canvas “Morning in a Pine Forest” (1889) were painted not by Shishkin, but by his friend, artist Konstantin Savitsky, whose signature from the painting was removed by its acquirer Pavel Tretyakov.
Morning in a pine forest, 1889
Shishkin also has a lot of works in which he focuses not on the scale, space, power of nature, but, on the contrary, on something small, on its individual components - weeds, ferns, tops of pine trees, etc.
Tops of pine trees, 1890s
Flowers by the fence, mid-1880s
Snitch-grass. Pargolovo, 1884
Herbs, 1892
In 1873, having painted his next painting, “Forest Wilderness,” at the age of 41, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin received the title of professor at the Academy of Arts.
Forest wilderness, 1872
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was a very fruitful artist; they say about such people that he “worked tirelessly.”
I.I. Shishkin at work on the painting “Mordvinov Oaks”, photograph, 1891
Ivan Kramskoy. Portrait of I. I. Shishkin. 1873
In one sketch, Shishkin wrote: “Expansion, space, land, rye, God’s grace, Russian wealth.” And, probably, something similar flashes through the minds of most people when looking at his famous painting “Rye” (1878).
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was married twice. His first wife was Evgenia Aleksandrovna Vasilyeva, the sister of another talented Russian landscape painter Fyodor Vasilyev, through whom he met her, immediately falling in love with the girl. Three children were born in this marriage, but both sons died in at a young age, their mother survived them for a short time. Shishkin took the loss hard, and only 7 years later he married for the second time. His second wife was the artist Olga Antonovna Lagoda, who died a month and a half after the birth of their daughter. Until the end of Shishkin’s life, Olga’s sister Victoria took care of his two daughters and himself.
biography and creativity
The birthplace of one of the most famous, even cult artists of Russia is the city Yelabuga. He was born in this provincial town on January 13, 1832. In the future, he became known as a landscape painter, conveying with photographic accuracy the smallest details nature of the native land.
Portrait of I.I. Shishkin by I.N. Kramskoy
Family and study
On the formation of views and creative style Shishkina The father had great influence. A poor merchant who was fond of archeology and wrote “The History of the City of Yelabuga” was the man who managed to pass on all his knowledge to his son. Shishkin Sr. sold grain, and at his own expense he restored the ancient buildings of Yelabuga and developed a local water supply system.
The path of the future artist was predetermined from childhood. He entered the 1st Kazan gymnasium, but did not finish educational institution. In the fifth grade, Shishkin left school, returned home and devoted all his attention to drawing from life. For four years painted the forests of Yelabuga, and in 1852 he entered the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture.
Self-portrait
The exhibition of Caucasian mountain views by L. Lagorio and marine paintings by I. Aivazovsky was fateful for Ivan Shishkin. There he saw a painting that fascinates and inspires many. It was Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave. Another factor that determined further creativity artist - studying in the class of Mokritsky, who admired the work of K. Bryullov. The teacher was able to discern talent in the quiet, even shy student and in every possible way encouraged him to take up landscape painting.
In 1856, Shishkin graduated from college and entered the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. In his first year of study he was awarded a silver medal. He received the award for pencil drawing and a view of St. Petersburg, made with a brush. The artist became one of the best students of the Academy, and in 1860 he graduated with a Great Gold Medal. Such a high award gave the right to travel abroad for three years to improve creative skills. But Shishkin preferred the place where he spent his childhood and adolescence - Yelabuga.
Foreign vicissitudes
The artist left Russia only in 1862. He visited Zurich, Munich, Geneva and Dusseldorf. Got acquainted with the works famous painters and studied with R. Koller himself. During the same period, by order of N. Bykov, he wrote
"View around Düsseldorf"
for her he received the title of academician.
Shishkin constantly improved his skills, developed own style. Just look at the pen drawings, which meticulously convey the details of the surrounding objects! Two such works are still among the exhibits of the Düsseldorf Museum.
In 1865, Shishkin returned to Russia. He is already a recognized and recognizable artist, capable of creative achievements. In the works of the early 1860s. Attempts to achieve maximum resemblance to nature can be traced. This is as can be seen from the picture
"Forest cutting"
somewhat disrupts the integrity of the landscape. Working long and hard, the artist overcomes the academic postulates of an abstract landscape and creates a series of paintings. An example of a “reborn” master is the canvas
"Noon. In the vicinity of Moscow."
The painting is filled with light, it exudes peace and tranquility, it can create a joyful, even blissful mood.
The place of the forest in Shishkin’s work
In 1870, he became one of the founders of the Partnership of Itinerants and presented a painting at the second exhibition of the society
"Pinery".
The work still amazes today with the integrity of its color scheme, photographic rendering of nature and incredible combination of colors.
Other paintings that recreate majestic forests are “Black Forest”, “Forest Wilderness”, “Spruce Forest”, “Reserve. Pine Forest”, “Forest (Shmetsk near Narva)”, “Corner of an overgrown forest. Snitch-grass”, “In a pine forest” and others. The painter depicts plant forms with amazing precision, carefully depicting every twig, every blade of grass. The paintings resemble beautiful, but still accidentally taken photographs. This trend is typical only for works that use a large color palette. Canvases depicting a forest, made in a single color scheme, fully reveal the artist’s talent.
Creative techniques
The most famous picture masters -
"Morning in a pine forest",
presented at the exhibition of the Itinerants in 1889. The popularity of the work is that it is filled with serenity, the expectation of something beautiful and is a symbol of the homeland. And even though the bears were written by K. Savitsky, each of us associates these animals with small children.
The result of it all creative path Shishkina - canvas
“Ship Grove” (1898).
It is completed according to all the laws of classicism, fully reveals artistic image. The painting has one more property - incredible monumentality.
I. I. Shishkin died in his workshop on March 8 (20), 1898. He never finished the painting “The Forest Kingdom”, but the remaining legacy is still capable of touching the soul of our contemporaries to this day.
Sestroretsky pine forest 1886
View on the island of Valaam. Cucco area1858-60
Birch Forest 1871
Oak. grove1887
Birch Grove
Birch and mountain ash 1878
Before the Storm 1884
Among the flat valley... 1883
View in the vicinity of St. Petersburg 1865
Winter in the forest, frost 1877
In the wild north
Above the embankment 1887
Coniferous forest 1873
Winter 1890
Coniferous forest. Sunny day 1895
Rye 1878
Pinery. Mast forest in Vyatka province
Evening 1871
Seaside view
Rain in an oak forest 1891
Autumn landscape. Park in Pavlovsk 1888
Forest 1897
Early autumn 1889
Autumn forest 1876
Mountain path. Crimea 1879
Golden Autumn 1888
Winter forest
Pine forest
Forest in Mordvinovo. 1891
Mushroom pickers
Stream in a birch forest 1883
Dali
Winter. Moscow region. Etude
Pines. sunlit
The Ligovka river in the village of Konstantinovka near St. Petersburg. 1869
Two female figures 1880s
Children in the forest
First snow 1875
A Walk in the Woods 1869
Oak trees 1886
In Crimea. Monastery of Kozma and Damian near Chatyrdag 1879
Pine on a rock. 1855
Forest in the evening 1868-1869
On the banks of the Kama River near Yelabuga
Ivan Shishkin a brief biography of the famous Russian artist is presented in this article.
Ivan Shishkin biography briefly
Famous paintings by Shishkin:“Autumn”, “Rye”, “Morning in a Pine Forest”, “Before the Storm” and others.
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was born on January 13 (25), 1832 in Elabuga, a small town, in the family of a poor merchant.
From childhood I was fond of drawing. His parents tried to attract him to trade, but to no avail.
In 1852, he went to Moscow to enter the School of Painting and Sculpture, and here for the first time he attended a serious school of drawing and painting. Shishkin read and thought a lot about art and came to the conclusion that an artist needs to study nature and follow it.
In Moscow he studied under the guidance of Professor A. A. Mokritsky. In 1856–60 continues his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts with the landscape painter S. M. Vorobyov. Its development is proceeding rapidly. He worked with other young landscape painters on the island of Valaam. For his successes, Shishkin receives all possible awards.
In 1860 he was awarded the Great Gold Medal for the landscape “View on the Island of Valaam”. Receiving the Big Gold Medal upon graduating from the Academy in 1860 gave Shishkin the right to travel abroad, but first he went to Kazan and further to the Kama. I wanted to visit my motherland. Only in the spring of 1862 did he go abroad.
For 3 years he lived in Germany and Switzerland. He studied in the workshop of the painter and engraver K. Roller. Even before his trip he was known as a brilliant draftsman. In 1865, for the painting “View of the Neighborhood of Düsseldorf” he received the title of academician. Since 1873 he became a professor of art.
I. I. Shishkin was the first of the second Russian landscape painters half of the 19th century century, who attached great importance to sketches from life. Theme of solemn and clear beauty native land was the main one for him.
Shishkin was engaged not only in drawing, but also in 1894 began teaching at the Higher art school at the Academy of Arts, knew how to appreciate talent.
