Translated into Russian, the word "still life" means "dead nature." To put it simply, then in a similar picture depicts inanimate objects in a certain color scheme and with a characteristic incidence of light and shadows. It is very difficult to depict the visible composition with pencils and paints, to convey all the shades, mood and spirit. Therefore, to simplify the task, conditional artists began to divide compositions into categories. They can depend on the time of year, on the colors and on the objects that are depicted. Now we will consider the autumn still life, get acquainted with its color scheme, style and other features.
Features of the autumn still life
Sometimes it seems that painting autumn paintings is the most fascinating activity. They contain a huge number of shades, but they are all in the same color scheme - warm, red-yellow. Autumn still life can be dark, saturated or light, transparent, but in both cases the colors will be bright and expressive. A background may be striking, for example, painted objects stand on a window, and a bright blue sky can be seen behind the glass. In a similar way, attention can be drawn to objects located in the foreground of the picture.
As a rule, an autumn still life shows us the gifts of this season, its features, which are not only in colors. This can be a picture of the crop (apples, pumpkins, grapes), images of autumn flowers (asters, chrysanthemums), with which household items - vases, pots, chests, etc. are certainly combined. Among the artists who wrote such masterpieces, Eduard Panov, our contemporary, takes pride of place. In his work there are floral motifs, and other autumn attributes.
Different pictures of autumn
It is worth noting that in many art genres there is an autumn still life. Painting, as an art, has come a long way from antiquity to the 21st century, and over the centuries people have depicted everything that surrounded them, including the paintings of autumn. They became the most believable in the 19th century, when the realism, romanticism and the trends that followed them became relevant. Among the masterpieces of that time, the picture of “Gifts of Autumn” by A. Gerasimov deserves attention. The name of the canvas speaks for itself - it presents a golden time in all its glory.
Examples in painting
Joseph Lauer captured this season with a slight touch of romanticism in his painting Peaches, Plums, Grapes, Melon and Autumn Flowers. This autumn still life retained all the warm colors that are characteristic of the golden age, which is why it is considered one of the standards of autumn painting.
But Henri Fantin-Latour succeeded in portraying autumn non-standardly in his painting “Flowers, Fruits and Pumpkin”. The canvas is written in red, saturated colors, as if passed through a gradient. Style is a cross between romanticism, realism and primitivism. Painting is considered to be a masterpiece of painting.
With the help of modern technology, you can also make a unique autumn still life. A photo of objects in which every shade, every shadow and reflection is captured is a work of art of the new century. Such paintings are more than realistic, but still depend on the mood of the master who made them.