Forest. Sunny day. 1883-1884 Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860-1900)

Description of Isaac Levitan’s painting "Forest. A Sunny Day."

Isaac Ilyich Levitan painted the painting "The Forest. A Sunny Day" between 1883 and 1884. Exceptional nature is the only inspiration for Levitan. The painting has its own lyrical intonation. The artist subtly felt the image of nature for this image. The picture feels lyrical mood and romantic stock of realism. Isaac Ilyich sought to reveal in the landscape all the beauty of nature and his attitude to it. The artist tried to capture not only the appearance of what he saw and his impression, thoughts and feelings.

Levitan’s talented work is quite informative. The penetrating image of the forest provides philosophical depth and poetic sounding of the composition. Plastic "orchestra" of sounding colors conveys to the viewer a delightful image of the forest enveloped in sunlight. The sun’s rays, making their way through the mighty, centuries-old trees, as if waking the forest from sleep. The picture "The Forest. A sunny day" gives a feeling of joy and peace. Isaac Ilyich, with his landscape, as if he hints to the viewer that human life also needs warmth, as this forest needs sunlight.

Careful study of nature, its phenomena in different seasons and times of day, allowed to write landscapes with a special sensitivity. Levitan chose the most characteristic features of the landscape, incredibly accurately and organically created a composition and composed all the details. Thanks to perfectly matched coloristic base in terms of light, very naturalistic and natural portrayal of the forest and sunlight.

The artist admires the charm of the day solstice, the emerald richness and succulence of foliage and grass. Levitan is intoxicated by the game of sunlight and shadows. The painting represents simplicity and vitality.