Kryzhitsky Constantine – Early Snow 900 Classic russian paintings

Description of Konstantin Kryzhitsky’s Early Snow

A very beautiful painting, with the theme most accurately revealed. After all, it seems like only yesterday the leaves on the trees were golden, only yesterday it was raining like a bucket and the wind was rustling. But in the morning it snowed, the first early autumn snow. And all the beauty of golden autumn tried to wash away, to wipe off the face of the earth, to become the absolute master of the situation. But autumn doesn’t give up easily, and that’s why there’s a lot left as a reminder of it.

Oaks with golden leaves, trees, even the grass has not shriveled up and not disappeared, but on the contrary, it is a bit nailed by snow. Snow will melt a little later, that’s why it is called early, it does not last long, and as a rule it is followed by a warm Indian summer. But the trees are trying to get rid of their leaves as soon as possible. This is a pledge of the future of the tree, and the absence of leaves is a pleasure for the trees. The canvas breathes nature, the canvas draws you into contemplation, the canvas makes you feel a little sad. But only a little, because winter is coming, which means that there will be no less fun days.

The nature in this picture just breathes with some unknown powerful spirit of nature. It’s not winter yet, but it’s not fall either - a magical time of the golden mean. People are not always comfortable with this balance and therefore try to be at home on such days. Under the oak tree, the wind has already "piddled" and scattered leaves from the tree. The fiery red leaves of the oak tree look beautiful on the white. Grass peeks out from under the snow now and then. Shrubs and spruces are drowned in snow, but that doesn’t mean they’ve gone into hibernation.

Autumn is not gone forever, it will remind us about itself with rain and cold winds. And even the blue of morning doesn’t make the canvas gloomy, on the contrary, it mystifies a little. And the sun, a little cooler to the ground, tiredly illuminates the garden. No, it is amazing and wonderful intertemporal time... How many emotions, how much hope this state of nature gives us.