Do you like russian autumn? Russian artists, poets and musicians have put warmth and love for this blessed, but fleeting time of the year in their works. A dazzling riot of colors suddenly bursts into the plain plain landscape along with the first fogs and cries of cranes. The richest color palette is hard to convey in words. And how to reflect on the canvas this game of glare on the gold of birches and aspens, the coolness of the morning, the crunch of the first hoarfrost or the pinched cry of birds flying south? And yet they managed it.
Almost summer
They knew what the early Russian autumn is like, Russian artists. They were able to accurately convey the atmosphere of Indian summer in Central Russia. It is still very warm during the day, but evenings and mornings are refreshing. The air is crystal, and a thin web floats in it against the backdrop of flaming rowanberries . Especially revealing is “Autumn. Veranda ”by S. Yu. Zhukovsky. The canvas was painted in 1911. The artist managed to convey that elusive moment when the summer is leaving, and the frosty air of the approaching evening fills the open veranda . But this time is also generous, which is evident from the painting “Gifts of Autumn” by A. M. Gerasimov. Still life is simple and straightforward: apples on a plate, two sunflowers and a vase with bunches of mountain ash. Berries shine like rubies and cast a reddish glow on everything around.
"The ocher reflection of wilting ..."
Golden Russian autumn ... Russian artists, like no other, were able to display this most beautiful time of the year. The forest turns into a box decorated with gold leaf , but at the same time, something is aching, decadent in this fading beauty. Only Russian people, following Pushkin, can see the charm of their eyes in this “gloomy pore”. The motif of the golden autumn is present among many artists. These wonderful moments are so fleeting that you just want to hold them back - at least on canvas.
Levitan and Golden Russian Autumn
Russian artists, even if they did not belong to the glorious cohort of impressionists, were able to convey the mood from the quivering, touching and at the same time amazing nature of October. Especially a lot of paintings devoted to this fleeting time of the year I. I. Levitan. His most famous painting is called “Golden Autumn”. Looking at her, the viewer seems to be immersed in the warmth and freshness of a fine September day. The road leads into the forest and as if beckons for itself. “Autumn Day in Sokolniki” is another artist’s painting that perfectly conveys the mood of this season.
Late autumn in the paintings of Russian artists
This really dull time is also masterfully conveyed by many painters. Firstly, Levitan, the singer of the golden autumn, did not shy away from this topic. His painting "Road in the Village" depicts impassable dirt, in which steps and wheels of carts are stuck. The bare aspen trees tremble joylessly and lonely in the wind, and the sky is all covered with leaden clouds. I. I. Brodsky in his painting “Summer Garden in the Fall” is trying to find a peculiar cosiness in the deserted alleys and thin outlines of the arbor that melt in the air. The mood of lostness and orphanhood in the face of impending cold weather also shines in the evening's painting by A. Savrasov. As you can see, autumn in the paintings of Russian artists is firmly rooted. Since such melancholy and hopelessness is somewhat consonant with the soul of our people.