Sun in Wintery Forest Arhip Kuindzhi (Kuindschi) (1842-1910)

Description of Arkhip Kuindzhi’s painting "Winter"

Kuindzhi was an enigmatic figure in the history of painting and art of the 19th century. Although his biography is known, it still conceals a great deal of mystery and enigma. The artist was born in the small village of Karasu, near Mariupol. He thought the Greeks were his ancestors.

It was believed that Quindzhi had difficulty writing and reading. Only one signature of the artist managed to save - it looks like the stroke of a child’s hand, quite large and a little awkward. Despite this, he wrote great paintings that we can admire to this day. When he entered the Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions, he almost immediately left it. Despite his poor childhood, he managed to save up enough capital in adulthood. He was a patron of the arts.

The well-known painting by Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi "Winter" today is stored in the Museum of fine arts of the city of Ekaterinburg.

On the canvas depicts the forest in winter. We can see how much snow fell, the trees and spruces bent down under its weight. The artist depicted the sunlight with all the colors of the rainbow, as if he scattered little diamonds on the canvas. Kuindzhi managed to convey the beauty of the winter forest - evergreen fir trees, the snow’s whiteness, its sparkle. Among all the paintings depicting the landscape, an entire series devoted to winter stands out. Here he managed to convey all weather stages - slush, snow, wet air, which dissolves all the outlines of objects. All the canvases are notable for their ease of execution, accurately conveying the feelings of the emotional state of the artist.

Modern artists speak of Kuindzhi as a master of light, he managed to subdue it.