Brief description of the painting: morning in a pine forest. The real story of the creation of the painting "Morning in a Pine Forest" (from the series "Vyatka - the Homeland of Elephants")
"Morning in pine forest"is perhaps one of the most famous paintings Ivan Shishkin. The first thing that attracts and touches the audience looking at the masterpiece is the bears. Without animals, the picture would hardly have turned out so attractive. Meanwhile, few people know that it was not Shishkin, another artist named Savitsky, who painted the animals.
Bear Master
Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky is now not as famous as Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, whose name probably even a child knows. Nevertheless, Savitsky is also one of the most talented Russian painters. At one time he was an academician and member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. It is clear that it was on the basis of art that Savitsky met Shishkin.
Both of them loved Russian nature and selflessly depicted it on their canvases. But Ivan Ivanovich preferred landscapes in which people or animals, if they appeared, were only in the role minor characters. Savitsky, on the contrary, actively portrayed both. Apparently, thanks to his friend’s skill, Shishkin became convinced that he was not very successful with the figures of living beings.
Help from a friend
At the end of the 1880s, Ivan Shishkin completed another landscape, in which he depicted an unusually picturesque morning in a pine forest. However, according to the artist, the picture lacked some kind of accent, for which he planned to paint 2 bears. Shishkin even made sketches for future characters, but was dissatisfied with his work. It was then that he turned to Konstantin Savitsky with a request to help him with the animals. Shishkin’s friend did not refuse and happily got down to business. The bears turned out to be enviable. In addition, the number of clubfoot has doubled.
To be fair, it is worth noting that Shishkin himself had no intention of cheating at all, and when the picture was ready, he indicated not only his last name, but also Savitsky’s. Both friends were satisfied with their joint work. But everything was ruined by the founder of the world-famous gallery, Pavel Tretyakov.
Stubborn Tretyakov
It was Tretyakov who purchased “Morning in a Pine Forest” from Shishkin. However, the patron did not like the 2 signatures on the painting. And since, after purchasing this or that work of art, Tretyakov considered himself its sole and rightful owner, he went ahead and erased Savitsky’s name. Shishkin began to object, but Pavel Mikhailovich remained adamant. He said that the style of writing, including regarding bears, corresponds to the manner of Shishkin, and Savitsky is clearly superfluous here.
Ivan Shishkin shared the fee he received from Tretyakov with a friend. However, he gave Savitsky only the 4th part of the money, explaining this by the fact that he did the sketches for “Morning” without the help of Konstantin Apollonovich.
Surely Savitsky was offended by such treatment. In any case, he never painted another painting together with Shishkin. And Savitsky’s bears, in any case, really became the decoration of the picture: without them, “Morning in a Pine Forest” would hardly have received such recognition.
Ivan Shishkin glorified not only his hometown(Elabuga) for the whole country, but also for the entire vast territory of Russia and for the whole world. His most famous painting is “Morning in a Pine Forest.” Why is it so famous and why is it considered practically the standard of painting? Let's try to understand this issue.
Shishkin and landscapes
Ivan Shishkin - famous landscape artist. His unique style The work takes its origins from the Düsseldorf School of Drawing. But, unlike most of his colleagues, the artist passed on the basic techniques through himself, which allowed him to create a unique style, not inherent in anyone else.
Shishkin admired nature all his life; she inspired him to create numerous masterpieces of a million colors and shades. The artist always tried to depict the flora as he sees it, without various exaggerations and decorations.
He tried to choose landscapes untouched by human hands. Virgin like the forests of the taiga. combine realism with a poetic view of nature. Ivan Ivanovich saw poetry in the play of light and shadow, in the power of Mother Earth, in the fragility of one Christmas tree standing in the wind.
The versatility of the artist
It's hard to imagine such a thing genius artist the head of the city or school teacher. But Shishkin combined many talents. Coming from a merchant family, he had to follow in the footsteps of his parent. In addition, Shishkin’s good disposition quickly endeared him to people throughout the city. He was elected to the post of manager and helped develop his native Elabuga as best he could. Naturally, this was also manifested in painting. Shishkin’s pen is “History of the City of Elabuga”.
Ivan Ivanovich managed to draw pictures and participate in fascinating archaeological excavations. He lived abroad for some time, and even became an academician in Düsseldorf.
Shishkin was an active member of the Itinerants Society, where he met other famous Russian artists. He was considered a real authority among other painters. They tried to inherit the master’s style, and the paintings inspired both writers and painters.
He left behind a legacy of numerous landscapes that have become decorations in museums and private collections around the globe.
After Shishkin, few people managed to depict all the diversity of Russian nature so realistically and so beautifully. Whatever happens in personal life artist, he did not allow his troubles to be reflected on his canvases.
Background
The artist treated forest nature with great trepidation; it literally captivated him with its countless colors, variety of shades, and the rays of the sun breaking through the thick pine branches.
Painting "Morning in pine forest"became the embodiment of Shishkin's love for the forest. It quickly gained popularity, and was soon used in pop culture, on stamps, and even on candy wrappers. To this day it is carefully kept in the Tretyakov Gallery.
Description: “Morning in a pine forest”
Ivan Shishkin managed to capture one moment from an entire forest life. He conveyed with the help of a drawing the moment of the beginning of the day, when the sun was just beginning to rise. An amazing moment of the birth of a new life. The painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” depicts an awakening forest and still sleepy bear cubs that are getting out of a secluded dwelling.
In this painting, as in many others, the artist wanted to emphasize the immensity of nature. To do this, he cut off the tops of the pine trees at the top of the canvas.
If you look closely, you will notice that the roots of the tree on which the cubs are frolicking have been torn out. Shishkin seemed to emphasize that this forest is so uninhabited and deaf that only animals can live in it, and the trees fall on their own, from old age.
Shishkin indicated the morning in a pine forest with the help of the fog that we see between the trees. Thanks to this artistic move, the time of day becomes obvious.
Co-authorship
Shishkin was an excellent landscape painter, but rarely took on images of animals in his works. The painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” was no exception. He created the landscape, but the four cubs were painted by another artist, an expert on animals, Konstantin Savitsky. They say that it was he who suggested the very idea for this painting. While painting a morning in a pine forest, Shishkin took Savitsky as a co-author, and the painting was initially signed by the two of them. However, after the painting was transferred to the gallery, Tretyakov considered Shishkin’s work more extensive and erased the name of the second artist.
Story
Shishkin and Savitsky went into nature. This is how the story began. The morning in the pine forest seemed so beautiful to them that it was impossible not to immortalize it on canvas. To search for a prototype, they went to Gordomlya Island, which stands on Lake Seliger. There they found this landscape and new inspiration for the painting.
The island, completely covered with forests, contained the remnants of virgin nature. For many centuries it stood untouched. This could not leave artists indifferent.
Claims
The painting was born in 1889. Although Savitsky initially complained to Tretyakov that he had erased his name, he soon changed his mind and abandoned this masterpiece in favor of Shishkin.
He justified his decision by the fact that the style of the painting fully corresponds to what Ivan Ivanovich did, and even the sketches of the bears originally belonged to him.
Facts and Misconceptions
Like any famous painting, the painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” arouses great interest. Consequently, it has a number of interpretations and is mentioned in literature and cinema. They say about this masterpiece as in high society, and on the streets.
Over time, some facts have been changed, and general misconceptions have become firmly entrenched in society:
- One of the common mistakes is the opinion that Vasnetsov created “Morning in a Pine Forest” together with Shishkin. Viktor Mikhailovich, of course, knew Ivan Ivanovich, since they were together in the Itinerants club. However, Vasnetsov could not possibly be the author of such a landscape. If you pay attention to his style, he is not at all similar to Shishkin, they belong to different art schools. These names are still mentioned together from time to time. Vasnetsov is not that artist. “Morning in a Pine Forest,” without any doubt, was painted by Shishkin.
- The title of the painting sounds like “Morning in a Pine Forest.” Boron is simply a second name that people apparently found more appropriate and mysterious.
- Unofficially, some Russians still call the painting “Three Bears,” which is a grave mistake. There are not three, but four animals in the picture. It is likely that the canvas began to be called that because of the popular Soviet era sweets called “Teddy bear”. The candy wrapper depicted a reproduction of Shishkin’s “Morning in a Pine Forest.” People gave the candy the name “Three Bears”.
- The picture has its “first version”. Shishkin painted another canvas of the same theme. He called it “Fog in the Pine Forest.” Few people know about this picture. She is rarely remembered. There is no canvas on site Russian Federation. To this day it is kept in private collection in Poland.
- Initially, there were only two bear cubs in the picture. Later Shishkin decided that the image should include four clubfooted people. Thanks to the addition of two more bears, the genre of the film changed. It began to be located on the “borderland”, as some elements of the game scene appeared on the landscape.
Morning in a pine forest
In the picture famous artist I. I. Shishkin depicts an early morning in the forest. The pine forest is awakening from sleep, the sun has not yet fully come out and has not yet had time to warm up the clearing. Tall green pines are shrouded in thick fog.
The mother bear and three brown bear cubs had already woken up and went out to frolic in the forest clearing. The clubfooted bear cubs, still very small, climbed onto a huge fallen tree. It was uprooted from the ground, apparently after a recent hurricane.
One, the most agile bear cub, climbed to the very top of the broken trunk. He watches the second bear cub, who sat down in the middle of the trunk and looks at the bear. The third, apparently the smallest of them, stands on another broken part of a mighty tree, his gaze directed deep into the forest.
A large, brown bear closely monitors the mischievous cubs. She knows that the forest is fraught with many dangers and is ready to protect her children at any time.
When you look at a picture, it’s as if you are immersed in it. You feel the cool breath of the green forest, hear the forest rustles and sounds made by animals, birds and insects.
The plot of the film turned out to be lively and quite realistic. Wildlife delights, and funny little bear cubs touch and make you want to be in the clearing and play with them.
Essay on the painting Morning in a Pine Forest by Shishkin
In front of me is a creation by I. Shishkin “Morning in a Pine Forest” (sometimes called “Morning in a Pine Forest”). This painting can truly be called the most the most famous masterpiece, because everyone, both children and adults, undoubtedly knows this beautiful picture.
The artist, with unprecedented trepidation, care and tenderness, masterfully painted every needle of the mighty pine trees, every root and twig. Inspired by the power and grandeur of nature, he breathed into his creation the unprecedented realism and magic of an ordinary forest morning.
The painting depicts the morning hours in a pine thicket. Nature is just waking up after a cool night, cold dew has fallen on the grass and trees, the air is clean and fresh. The air is still cold, but it’s about to warm up, and the smell of rotten grass and pine needles will spread throughout the forest. Surely the day will be hot, and therefore this cool morning is truly wonderful.
There is silence in the gloomy forest, only occasionally the cry of an early bird cuts through the wilderness.
Giant pine trees, majestically reaching into the sky, greet the first rays of sunshine sliding across the treetops with their bushy branches. Sunrise is the awakening and beginning of a new day. And all of nature is looking forward to his arrival.
Warm golden and yellow shades are mesmerizing, contrasting brightly with the dark palette of the gloomy forest, which creates the image of a mysterious mysterious forest, as if stepped out of the pages of Russian folk tales. Muted, calm tones do not irritate the eyes, but rather delight the eye.
In the center of the picture are the main characters, without whom the painting would lose its charm.
The she-bear and her three brave cubs, having woken up with the first rays of the sun, are already in full swing in the forest, prowling in search of food.
Mischievous kids started a game - they jump and climb on a fallen pine tree trunk, as if they were playing tag. The furry animals look completely defenseless, but under the supervision of their vigilant mother, they are safe. Huge fallen trees, like heroes defeated in battle, lie high with their gnarled thick roots raised up, showing their former strength and power with all their appearance.
The brown mother grumbles with displeasure, trying to pacify the naughty child, but the nimble little hooligans do not take their mother’s angry growls seriously.
Looking at the picture, it’s as if you are inhaling the aroma of the forest, its pine freshness, you feel the shady coolness of the forest, you hear the rustle of the breeze, the cracking of branches under the strong paws of animals.
Together with the inspired creator, imbued with the beauty of Russian nature, the viewer will involuntarily hold his breath, amazed by the deep mystery of life and joy that radiates from the landscape.
This essay is assigned in grades 2, 5, 3, 7.
Essay “Morning in a pine forest” based on Shishkin’s painting, grade 5
You’ve probably been familiar with Shishkin’s painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” since childhood. Even if you are not deeply interested in art, almost everyone is familiar with this picture, thanks to its image on the candy. A mother bear with three cubs against the backdrop of a pine forest.
Shishkin’s idea was suggested to him by his friend, also an artist. And he even had a hand in adding bears to the landscape. They turned out so well that the artists both signed the painting. However, Tretyakov, who later acquired this painting, left only Shishkin’s signature and covered up the second signature. Considering that the main style of writing is still closer in spirit to Shishkin.
And, indeed, Shishkin very accurately conveyed general atmosphere waking up forest. We can observe the rays of the rising morning sun, which just touches the treetops. In the depths of the picture, the forest is shrouded in morning fog. And its lightness and airiness conveys to the observer a freshness that is usually still present at this time of day.
In the foreground is a whole bear family. A mother bear and three little bear cubs frolicking on a large fallen tree. It can be assumed that they just crawled out of the den after a night's sleep. They are not yet so playful and sleepy, but the mother does not sleep and watches the area and her pets, growling a little at her careless offspring.
The picture is very positive both in its motif and colors. The artist very accurately conveyed the atmosphere of awakening nature.
To get started: As you know, many epoch-making events in world history are inextricably linked with the city of Vyatka (in some versions - Kirov (which is Sergei Mironych)). What is the reason for this - the stars may have risen this way, maybe the air or alumina there is particularly healing, maybe the collage has an influence, but the fact remains: no matter what happens in the world that is especially significant, the “hand of Vyatka” can be traced in almost everything. However, until now no one has taken upon themselves the responsibility and hard work of systematizing all significant phenomena that are directly related to the history of Vyatka. In this situation, a group of young promising historians (in my person) undertook to carry out this attempt. As a result, a series of highly artistic scientific and historical essays about documented historical facts under the heading "Vyatka - the birthplace of elephants." Which is what I plan to post on this resource from time to time. So let's begin.
Vyatka - the birthplace of elephants
Vyatka bear - main character painting “Morning in a pine forest”
Art historians have long proven that Shishkin painted the painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” from life, and not from the wrapper of the “Teddy Bear” candy. The history of writing the masterpiece is quite interesting.
In 1885, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin decided to paint a canvas that would reflect the deep strength and immense power of the Russian pine forest. The artist chose the Bryansk forests as the place to paint the canvas. For three months Shishkin lived in a hut, seeking unity with nature. The result of the action was the landscape “Sosnovy Bor. Morning". However, Ivan Ivanovich’s wife Sofya Karlovna, who served as the main expert and critic of the great painter’s paintings, felt that the canvas lacked dynamics. At the family council, it was decided to add forest life to the landscape. Initially, it was planned to “launch” hares along the canvas, however, their small dimensions would hardly have been able to convey the power and strength of the Russian forest. We had to choose from three textured representatives of the fauna: bear, wild boar and elk. The selection was made using the cut-off method. The boar disappeared immediately - Sofya Karlovna did not like pork. Sokhaty also did not qualify for the competition, since an elk climbing a tree would have looked unnatural. In search of a suitable bear that won the tender, Shishkin was again resettled in the Bryansk forests. However, this time he was disappointed. All Bryansk bears seemed skinny and unattractive to the painter. Shishkin continued his search in other provinces. For 4 years the artist wandered through the forests of the Oryol, Ryazan and Pskov regions, but never found an exhibit worthy of a masterpiece. “The bear is not purebred today, maybe a wild boar will do after all?” Shishkin wrote to his wife from the hut. Sofya Karlovna helped her husband here too - in Brem’s encyclopedia “Animal Life” she read that bears living in Vyatka province. The biologist described brown bear Vyatka line as “a well-built animal with a correct bite and well-standing ears.” Shishkin went to Vyatka, Omutninsky district, in search of the ideal animal. On the sixth day of living in the forest, not far from his cozy dugout, the artist discovered a den of magnificent representatives of the brown bear breed. The bears also discovered Shishkin and Ivan Ivanovich completed them from memory. In 1889, the great canvas was ready, certified by Sofia Karlovna and placed in the Tretyakov Gallery.
Unfortunately, few people now remember the significant contribution of Vyatka nature to the painting “Morning in a Pine Forest”. But in vain. To this day, there are powerful and purebred bears in these parts. It is a well-known fact that the Gromyk bear from the Zonikha animal farm posed for the emblem of the 1980 Olympics.
Vyacheslav Sykchin,
independent historian,
chairman of the bearologists' cell
Vyatka Darwinist Society.
Ivan Shishkin. Morning in a pine forest. 1889 Tretyakov Gallery
“Morning in a Pine Forest” is the most famous painting Ivan Shishkin. No, take it higher. This is the most popular painting in Russia.
But this fact, it seems to me, brings little benefit to the masterpiece itself. It even harms him.
When a picture is too popular, it flashes everywhere. In every textbook. On candy wrappers (where the wild popularity of the painting began 100 years ago).
As a result, the viewer loses interest in the picture. We glance at her quickly with the thought “Oh, it’s her again...”. And we pass by.
For the same reason I didn’t write about her. Although I’ve been writing articles about masterpieces for several years now. And one might be surprised how I passed by this blockbuster. But now you know why.
I'm correcting myself. Because I want to look at Shishkin’s masterpiece with you more closely.
Why “Morning in a Pine Forest” is a masterpiece
Shishkin was a realist to the core. He depicted the forest very realistically. Choosing colors carefully. Such realism easily draws the viewer into the picture.
Just look at color solutions.
Pale emerald pine needles in the shade. Light green color young grass in the rays of the morning sun. Dark ocher pine needles on a fallen tree.
The fog is also made from a combination of different shades. Greenish in the shade. Bluish in the light. And it turns yellow closer to the treetops.
Ivan Shishkin. Morning in a pine forest (fragment). 1889 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow All this complexity creates general impression presence in this forest. You feel this forest. And don't just see it. The craftsmanship is incredible.
But Shishkin’s paintings, alas, are often compared to photographs. Considering the master deeply old-fashioned. Why such realism if there are photo images?
I do not agree with this position. It is important what angle the artist chooses, what kind of lighting, what kind of fog and even moss. All this together reveals to us a piece of the forest from a special side. In a way we wouldn't see him. But we see through the eyes of an artist.
And through his gaze we experience pleasant emotions: delight, inspiration, nostalgia. And this is the point: to provoke the viewer to a spiritual response.
Savitsky – assistant or co-author of the masterpiece?
The story of Konstantin Savitsky’s co-authorship seems strange to me. In all sources you will read that Savitsky was an animal painter, which is why he volunteered to help his friend Shishkin. Like, such realistic bears are his merit.
But if you look at Savitsky’s works, you will immediately understand that animal painting is NOT his main genre.
He was typical. He often wrote about the poor. Helped with the help of paintings for the disadvantaged. Here is one of his outstanding works, “Meeting of an Icon.”
Konstantin Savitsky. Meeting the icon. 1878 Tretyakov Gallery. Yes, in addition to the crowd, there are also horses. Savitsky really knew how to portray them very realistically.
But Shishkin also easily coped with a similar task, if you look at his animalistic works. In my opinion, he did no worse than Savitsky.
Ivan Shishkin. Goby. 1863 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Therefore, it is not entirely clear why Shishkin commissioned Savitsky to write the bears. I'm sure he could handle it himself. They were friends. Perhaps this was an attempt to help a friend financially? Shishkin was more successful. He received serious money for his paintings.
For the bears, Savitsky received 1/4 of the fee from Shishkin - as much as 1000 rubles (with our money this is about 0.5 million rubles!) It is unlikely that Savitsky could have received such an amount for a whole own work.
Formally, Tretyakov was right. After all, Shishkin thought through the entire composition. Even the poses and positions of the bears. This is obvious if you look at the sketches.
Co-authorship as a phenomenon in Russian painting
Moreover, this is not the first such case in Russian painting. I immediately remembered Aivazovsky’s painting “Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea.” Pushkin in the painting of the great marine painter was painted by... Ilya Repin.
But his name is not in the picture. Although these are not bears. But still great poet. Which needs to not only be depicted realistically. But to be expressive. So that the same farewell to the sea can be read in the eyes.
Ivan Aivazovsky (co-authored with I. Repin). Pushkin's farewell to the sea. 1877 All-Russian Museum A.S. Pushkin, St. Petersburg. Wikipedia.org In my opinion, this is a more difficult task than depicting bears. Nevertheless, Repin did not insist on co-authorship. On the contrary, I was incredibly happy to work together with the great Aivazovsky.
Savitsky was prouder. I was offended by Tretyakov. But he continued to be friends with Shishkin.
But we cannot deny that without the bears this painting would not have become the artist's most recognizable painting. This would be another Shishkin masterpiece. Majestic and breathtaking landscape.
But he wouldn't be so popular. It was the bears who played their role. This means that Savitsky should not be completely discounted.
How to rediscover “Morning in a Pine Forest”
And in conclusion, I would like to return again to the problem of overdose with the image of a masterpiece. How can you look at it with fresh eyes?
I think it's possible. To do this, look at the little-known sketch for the painting.
Ivan Shishkin. Sketch for the painting “Morning in a Pine Forest.” 1889 Tretyakov Gallery, MoscowIt is done with quick strokes. The figures of the bears are only outlined and painted by Shishkin himself. Particularly impressive is the light in the form of golden vertical strokes.
