Picture "Evening Ringing" (Levitan I.I.)

It happens that representatives of other nations and religions are better able to describe the essence of the Russian soul and character than the Russians themselves. In the history of art there is a lot of evidence of this. For example, the picture "Evening ringing." Levitan I.I. was Jewish by birth, but considered himself a real Russian artist.

I.I. Levitan. Biography Pages

Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860 - 1900) - the largest Russian landscape painter of the second half of the XIX century. He was born in a small town in Lithuania, but in the early 1870s his parents moved to Moscow, where they soon died, leaving their four children without a livelihood. Throughout his life, Isaac Levitan felt a need, led a very modest working life.

In 1873, he became a student at an art school, deciding to follow in the footsteps of his older brother - the artist. The teachers of Isaac were A.K. Savrasov and V.D. Polenov. Savrasov highly appreciated the talent of his student, predicted the glory of the French landscape painter Corot, but his location only hurt him. The teachers of the school did not like Savrasov and decided to recoup on his favorite, refusing Levitan to receive the title of artist. He was given a diploma, where in the column the specialty was: drawing teacher. It happened in 1885.

In 1898, Levitan himself became a teacher of that school. He did a lot to create the House of landscapes - a huge workshop, whose doors were open to all Russian landscape painters. Levitan taught his wards not only to draw, but to love nature. He told them that the flowers in the landscapes should smell like flowers, not paint.

Isaac Levitan died on August 4, 1900. His legacy is huge, he painted almost 1000 paintings. Levitan is an artist whose paintings adorn the collections of famous museums, especially a lot of his works in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery.

Features of creativity

Levitan is called one of the founders of the so-called "mood landscape". On his canvases the elements of nature are depicted with high reliability, however, they have incredible psychological richness, reflecting the movements of the human soul. People appear in the artist’s paintings extremely rarely, but the author himself, his attempts to unravel the secrets of the universe are always present.

Often the works of Levitan depict churches, chapels, monasteries. They are harmoniously written out into the surrounding natural landscape, make up a single whole with it. To describe such paintings, a special term is introduced - "church landscape". Even during his studies, Levitan wrote a number of paintings in this genre, among them "Simon Monastery." True to the "church landscape" the artist remains in later years. The painting "The Evening Ring", Levitan painted it in 1892, is considered one of the best on this subject.

Many creative people were inspired by autumn. Pushkin and Tyutchev devoted their best lines to this time of year. Levitan also repeatedly confessed his love for this time. He created more than 100 autumn landscapes. They are all different in color and mood.

The artist reached the peak of his skill in the late 80s - early 90s, we can say that it was at this time that the Levitan artist took place. The paintings painted during this period brought him all-Russian fame. Among them are the canvases “Above the Evening Peace”, “Vladimirka”, “Evening Ringing”.

Painting “Evening Ringing” (I. Levitan): description

The painting was painted in the style of “church landscape”. It depicts the Krivozersky Monastery, located near the city of Yuryevets, on the other side of the Volga. In 1890, the artist captured the same monastery in the painting "Quiet Convent". The new version reflected a different view of the familiar landscape.

If in the "Quiet Convent" the artist directs the viewer's gaze deep into the picture, into the oak grove, to the monastery hiding there, then in the "Evening Ringing" the river comes to the fore. She looks away diagonally, to the horizon itself, to the beautiful sunset sky. This composition brings more dynamics. This feeling is reinforced by the ferry with people depicted in the center of the river.

The description of the painting “Evening Ringing” will be incomplete, if not to mention the high bell tower towering above the forest and the river. Church domes, looking up, symbolize the desire of people for light and holiness. But the vertical of the monastery buildings does not contrast with the diagonal of the river. The whole picture is imbued with the spirit of harmony and peace.

Composition by I. I. Levitan's “Evening Ringing”

The painting “Evening Ringing” (Levitan I.I., 1892) is an image of a monastery surrounded by an autumn forest. The author as if invites the viewer to visit the bright, devoid of all evil world. Soft colors give it special comfort: the white walls of the monastery buildings, pink-golden clouds floating in the bright sky, the green of the forests, illuminated by yellow autumn strands. The calm expanse of the river reflects these colors, doubling the impression.

It is believed that to understand the beauty of nature, to notice the greatness of the Russian temples of Levitan taught his teacher - Alexei Savrasov. But the seeds of other people's knowledge and experience can take root only on fertile soil. Levitan had a sensitive soul and a keen eye, able to see the beautiful in the familiar. The painting “Evening Ringing” is a vivid confirmation of this.