[13 (25) January 1832, Elabuga now Tatarstan 8 (20) March 1898, St. Petersburg], artist. The outstanding master of the landscape, organically connected in his paintings and graphic features of romanticism and realism.
Born in a family of merchants. Father of the artist, and. V.
Shishkin, was not only an entrepreneur, but also an engineer, archaeologist and local historian, author of "History of the city Yelabuga". Finished the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1856, the future artist studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1856-60). As a pensioner of the Academy in 1862-65 lived in Germany and Switzerland, visited the studio of the Swiss landscape P. Koller. But incomparably greater impact on him had a magnificent epic scenery of another Swiss, A. Kalama. Lived mainly in St. Petersburg. Of particular importance for
Shishkina have full-scale impressions received in his native place (where he often people came), as well as on. Balaam and around St. Petersburg and Moscow
. Early Works
. For early works of the master ( "View of the Island of Valaam", . 1858, . Kiev Museum of Russian Art, "Felling of the forest", . 1867, . Tretyakov Gallery) has some form of fragmentation, adhering to the traditional romanticism "rocker" constructing a picture, . clearly marked up plans, . it does not reach more convincing image of unity,
. In such paintings as "Midday. In the vicinity of Moscow "(1869, . ibid), . this unity appears already evident reality, . primarily due to the fine composition and light-air-a color coordination zones of heaven and earth, . soils (last
Shishkin felt an especially strong, . in this regard is not unique in having the Russian landscape art),
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Maturity
In 1870. Wizard is a time of absolute artistic maturity, which showed pictures of "Pine Forest. Mast timber in the Vyatka province "(1872) and" Rye "(1878, both the Tretyakov Gallery). Usually avoiding fleeting, transient states of nature, the artist captures its higher summer bloom, reaching an impressive tonal unity is due to the bright, midday, summer light, full of color determines the scale. Monumental romantic image of nature with a capital invariably present in the paintings. New same realistic trends, show through in penetrating attention with which the marks are issued a specific piece of land, corner of the forest or field, a particular tree.
Shishkin great poet not only the soil, . but tree, . subtle sensory character of each breed [in the most typical of his recordings, he usually remembers not just a "forest", . but the forest of "osokoreya, . elms and oaks in part "(Diary 1861) or" forest fir, . pine, . aspen, . Birch, . linden "(from the letter and,
. V. Volkovsky, 1888)]. With special hunting breed artist paints the most powerful and strong like the oaks and pines in the stage of maturity, old age and finally death in burelomy. Classic
Shishkin's works such as "Rye" or "Among the Spreading Vale ..." (picture is named for a song. F. Merzlyakov, 1883, Kiev Museum of Russian Art), "Forest gave" (1884, Tretyakov Gallery) are perceived as generalized, epic images of Russia. The artist is equally good at and dalevye species and forest "interior" ( "Pine trees, illuminated by the sun," 1886; "Morning in a pine forest, where bears are written to. A. Sawicki, 1889, both ibid.). Independent value are his drawings and sketches, representing the natural life of detailed diary.
Fruitfully worked well in the etching. Press their finely nuanced landscape etchings in different states, publishing them in the form of albums,
Shishkin powerfully intensified interest in this type of art. Pedagogical activity takes up very little (in particular, led landscape workshop of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1894-95), but had among his pupils such artists as F. A. Vasiliev and Mr.. I. Choros-Gurkin. His images, . despite its "objectivity" and the fundamental lack of psychology, . characteristic of "mood landscapes" savrasovsko-levitanovskogo type, . always had a great poetic resonance (no wonder
Shishkin was one of the favorite artists of A,
. A. Block).
In Yelabuga open house-museum of the artist.
Biographies
Photos
Portfolio
- 3 works and. I. Shishkin can be found in the section "Russian Art" on a private page, George Mitrevski (Auburn University, USA).
- Painting and. I. Shishkin "Oaks" on the official website of the State Russian Museum (r. Saint-Petersburg).
- Painting and. I. Shishkin "Ship Grove" on the official website of the State Russian Museum (r. Saint-Petersburg).
Miscellaneous
- Summary of I. I. Shishkin, his relatives and namesake on the site "Russia's genealogical tree."
