Landscape. Arhip Kuindzhi (Kuindschi) (1842-1910)
Arhip Kuindzhi – Landscape.
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Painter: Arhip Kuindzhi (Kuindschi)
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The painting was created by the artist during the period of his creative pursuits. Kuindzhi begins experimenting with light in the 1970s. He is interested in being able to reproduce the natural lighting of the landscape as accurately as possible. To this end, he mixes natural tones and creates many shades of them. His "Landscape" of 1874 was one of the brightest examples of his creative research.
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Description of the painting "Landscape" by Arkhip Kuindzhi
The painting was created by the artist during the period of his creative pursuits. Kuindzhi begins experimenting with light in the 1970s. He is interested in being able to reproduce the natural lighting of the landscape as accurately as possible. To this end, he mixes natural tones and creates many shades of them.
His "Landscape" of 1874 was one of the brightest examples of his creative research. Nature is captured with documentary precision, but the play of light makes it come alive. Studying the influence of light on colors, and trying to create contrasts himself, the artist used green and blue tones. It was they that allowed him to dim and magnify the light of the painting.
His poplars are like human figures, frozen in suspense. What are they waiting for? Perhaps a change to come. A hint of this is the glimmer of sunlight in the branches of the tree. It seems as if it is about to peek out of the clouds and illuminate everything around them.
Or maybe they are saying goodbye to their loved ones: two more trees are depicted in the distance. A young poplar tree with its top slightly bowed, and a very small tree - they are so reminiscent of a mother and child.
It is the play of light that creates the mood of the picture. Fluffy clouds that do not, however, bring with them the mist, but only hide the bright light. Mischievous ray, which jumps on the branches of the tree, turning its foliage into gold, plays with the viewer. The breeze that easily and quickly runs through the foliage, in some places remaining unnoticed. These halftones were made possible by Quindzhi’s search, his courage to try something new.
As for the composition, it is quite laconic and simple.
Combinations of such qualities and make the Landscape attractive, it is full of feelings, but devoid of pretentiousness or pretense, as nature itself. For it is beautiful in its simplicity. And the poetic nature of the artist allows you to see the beauty in an ordinary landscape. Quindzhi treated nature exactly as a poet, trying to sing its charms with his paints.
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