Description of Yuon’s painting “The End of Winter. Noon ”, you can start by comparing it with the verses of Boris Pasternak about February. They simply have something in common with a thrilling joy when, from the foreboding of the appearance of beautiful verses, I want to write about the end of winter and cry sobbing.
First sun rays
The approaching spring is always unusually good - both in a slushy, sunless thaw, when the air is filled with the smell of melting snow, and in windy weather, when clouds run fast and low, and a blue and blue sky peers through them. But the feeling of glee is connected precisely with the first quiet sunny days, one of which is preserved by Juon's painting “The End of Winter. Noon".
The description of this wonderful landscape is a joy because there is not a single disturbing note in it. Peace and goodness, spilled in nature, seem eternal.
Penetrating all the joy
Amazing artist Yuon Konstantin Fedorovich (1875-1958) recognized master of the landscape. He infinitely loved the nature of the environs of Moscow, and indeed of central Russia. A good man who lived with dignity, he was happy in family life and was not offended by promotion through the ranks. His paintings were successful and were always in demand. Maybe that's why they are so bright?
A fan of the winter landscape, Yuon loved to draw precisely these months of the year - February and March. He was captivated by the blue-glowing snow under the shining first sun, the golden domes of Russian churches, animals, delighted by the approach of heat, the sensation of spring approaching in the air. This is all transferred to his canvases, which are full of joy and cause a kind smile. In 1929, Juon's painting “The End of Winter. Noon". The description of this
winter landscape organically continues the theme of paintings with views of the winter Trinity-Sergius Lavra or the snowy street, flooded with the March sun - the same space pierced with fresh air and goodness poured in it.
The abundance of light and air
The canvas shows Moscow Region, the artist’s favorite open air. Plein air is a French word, it is a true reflection of nature, in which light and air play a special active role. Therefore, air and light permeated the picture of Yuon, “The End of Winter. Noon". The description of the air in this work can be continued using only enthusiastic epithets and exclamation points. Being next to the picture, you smell the snow that has just begun to melt. It is snow that indicates that February is displayed on the canvas. The white cover is no longer elastic, does not creak underfoot - it is loose, slightly lowered. There is still a lot of snow, as evidenced by the high hat lying on the roof of a tightly knit house in the left corner of the picture. But skiers are not in a hurry to seize the passing moment, they know that this is not the last walk into the forest - against the background you can clearly see the blue haze. It says that creaky frosts are behind, but the snow will not come down tomorrow.
Snow as the main character
A talented painter, who wholeheartedly loves the urban and rural Russian landscape, K.F. Yuon wrote equally well stories for all seasons. However, its snow is so good and tells the audience so much about the chosen plot that it becomes the main character of the work. And on the canvas described, snow also talks to the viewer. It is a lot of it, it is different - in the distance still winter, cold. Winter reigns on the horizon. And looking there, you understand that February is insidious - it can still swirl in a snowstorm and sweep everything with snow. From this, the first warmth seems even more captivating, the joy of the schoolchildren gathered for a ski trip is even more understandable.
Native Russian landscape
K.F. Yuon’s snow is eloquent because the artist never painted it only with white colors - on this canvas the shadows of all shades of blue and even yellow lie on the snow, in which the paths are trodden. I ran through the snowdrifts of children - in the deep traces, the presence of thawed snow can be assumed. The following is a description of Yuon’s painting “The End of Winter. Noon ”can be continued with a story about trees, which are quite a lot on the canvas. Slender tall birch trees casting long shadows indicate that the picture shows exactly noon - the sun goes down and does not stand at its zenith. White-barrel beauties are a little closer than a few slender firs that have not yet brightened, but the snow has already been thrown, and the sun drains their moist needles.
Health in everything
There is nothing miserable or dirty on the canvas that could melt the melted snow - everything is strong, slender, clean and fresh, even the shed visible behind the fir trees. A little further guessed the river, which, apparently, disappeared. Description of the artwork “The End of Winter. Noon. ”K.F. Juon smoothly approaches a sparse mixed forest covering the hills located on the other side. The sun is not depicted on the canvas, but the whole picture is full of it - the trunks of tall trees and the transparent crown of a small birch are filled with sunlight. High school students, who decided to take a walk to the river after class, have already put on their skis, waiting for two sluggish or just arrived comrades. They also admired the blue snow visible in the distance. There is still a cold, but everything is saturated with the expectation of the coming spring.
Wonderful colors of the landscape
Very good picture of Yuon, "The End of Winter." Noon". The description (no matter how hard the author tries) is not able to convey all the charm of the landscape. Separate words deserve chickens and a rooster, who came running to bask in the sun. Perhaps one of the guys before leaving the yard threw them the snow they peck on the snow. Or, perhaps, warmed up by the first heat, they jumped out of a chicken coop that was bored during the winter in the hope of extracting something from under the snow.
The color scheme of poultry fits very organically into the big picture - yellow hens and a bright red rooster, as well as the ocher color of logs folded at the fence - everything is filled with sunlight, everyone screams about the approaching spring. The landscape is rustic, and the artist managed to convey the last winter lull before the spring suffering. Description of the painting by Konstantin Yuon “The end of winter. Noon ”can end with words of admiration about how amazingly accurately the artist managed to capture the moment of the meeting of two time periods of the year - the outgoing winter and the approaching, always beautiful spring.