Famous artist Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich, paintingswhich is widely known not only in Russia, but throughout the world, he sang the beauty of untouched by the civilization of nature. He left a rich heritage that preserved the beauty of his native land. During his life several hundred landscapes were written by Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich. Pictures of this artist are in many museums of the world and in private collections.
Ivan Shishkin was born in Vyatka province, in the cityElabuga, January 13, 1832, and died in St. Petersburg in 1898. He came from a wealthy merchant family, received an artistic education at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Then he moved to St. Petersburg, where he continued his professional education at the Imperial Academy of Arts. As one of the most talented students, he got the opportunity to continue his studies in Germany and then in Switzerland.
Glory came to him early, but he accepted her asdue. She did not turn the young man's head. Shishkin, Ivan Ivanovich, painted pictures there as well. He was ordered in such large quantities that there was no time left for entertainment and idle life. Patriarchal upbringing also affected him with his commitment to the Orthodox traditions that he received in the family. The glory that came to him in his youth and remained with him until the end of his life, did not leave him after death. This artist has never been in oblivion.
More recently, in many houses on the walls couldsee rugs with landscapes woven on them "Ship Grove", "Morning in a Pine Forest", "Rye", which were written by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Paintings, more precisely, reproductions of paintings, were used to decorate calendars, inserted into frames, printed on kitchen utensils and fabrics.
It is not by chance that for the design of the wrapper of the most delicious and famous domestic candies “Bruin Bear”, his landscape with bears was chosen. The history of writing a picture is quite remarkable.
At the time, co-authorship in the art craft wascommonplace. For example, Alexey Savrasov painted the sky in the painting “Hunters on Rest” by Vasily Perov, and the lady on Isaac Levitan’s canvas “Autumn Day. Sokolniki ”belongs to Nikolay Chekhov. Joint work in jest and seriously was very common. So, the serene bear family, chosen by the pine windbreak, is the work of the remarkable artist Savitsky.
If you imagine a picture without cubs, thenit seems that it was written by another artist, not Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Pictures of Ivan Ivanovich - it is always alive and filled with internal energy of nature: powerful and beautiful trees, a lot of sky, sunlight, water. For "Morning ..." he chose a landscape that was absolutely not typical for him. Remove the cubs - and you will be amazed at the gloom, abandonment and danger of the place. This is such a gloomy, as they say, bearish angle, which is very scary to be in. The paths do not lead there, mushroom pickers and hunters do not wander. However, it is only in such a place that one can count on admiring the game of little bears. A bear is a sensitive beast, it avoids people, and a bear with a brood is always on guard. How can I show my mood? Contrasts. Shishkin and it turned out absolutely nontrivial. It turns out that you can portray the most dangerous beast of the Russian forest in such a way that it is suitable for the children's room, and for wrapping chocolates. This is the uniqueness of "Morning in a pine forest."
Tension, even conflict, expressed inthe connection on one canvas of an inhospitable and dangerous place and the most dangerous predator - an adult mother bear with carefree babies, in the eyes of the audience are transformed into a feeling of happiness and repose. The negative energy of the two main components - a quiet gloomy forest and a dangerous predator - is neutralized by the presence of small, fluffy, harmless, very energetic, noisy and playful bear cubs. As a result, light and joy conquers from the feeling of happiness and fullness of life.
This phenomenon of the picture at one time struck PeterTretyakov - collector of painting. And he bought tight for his collection. In general, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was very impressed by the famous collector. Pictures of the artist occupied the whole hall of his gallery. Initially, under “Morning in a Pine Forest” there were two signatures - Shishkin and Savitsky, but Tretyakov decided that the full authorship of Ivan Ivanovich should be assigned to this work. There was some friction between the famous collector of painting and the peredvizhnikom Savitsky. For completeness of information about “Morning in a Pine Forest”, one should add that Konstantin Apollonovich wrote a bear and two bear cubs on canvas, and Shishkin himself painted the third one for harmony. Interestingly, in nature a bear has one or two babies. Three is a pretty rare case.
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin filled paintings so alivethe light and tranquility that he was often called the artist of midday. Few people, like him, could depict nature when the sun is at its zenith, and the trees do not cast a shadow. Expressiveness can be achieved only by complete authenticity.
Look at what most often painted ShishkinIvan Ivanovich pictures. Their description is not too intricate. He rejected the need for additional psychologism in depicting nature. Its characteristic feature was photographic accuracy. He improved his art all his life. His last painting - “The Ship Grove” - is the apogee of creativity and a kind of testament to descendants.
