Birch Grove by Ivan Shishkin

It is difficult to imagine Russian painting without paintings by Ivan Shishkin, who affirm the greatness of our native land. For hours you can stand by this cloth, listening to

Coppice (Midday) by Ivan Shishkin

Shishkin’s painting shows a meadow surrounded by a grove. Striking distance and breadth of the landscape, which bribes painfully familiar motive. Figures of peasants and grazing cows do not occupy

Fog in the forest by Ivan Shishkin

Ivan Shishkin approved in the Russian art a forest landscape, showing its possibilities and infinite variety. The artist preferred to depict something permanent in the paintings – nature in the

Winter by Ivan Shishkin

Ivan Shishkin’s painting “Winter” refers to the late period of the artist’s work as a landscape painter who has long dreamed of depicting a winter forest with frozen trees and

Autumn by Ivan Shishkin

In the work “Autumn” Shishkin used a closed type of composition, for which it is characteristic to keep the viewer’s attention within a given limited space. The format of the