Winter's fairy tale landscape paintings for children. Winter landscapes from famous Russian artists

The most favorite genre of painting among artists and viewers is the landscape genre. Creators of works of art convey their own mood through their works. Paintings about winter by Russian artists reflect all the beauty and fabulous serenity of our nature at this amazing time of year.

Landscape by Nikifor Krylov

Decorates with images rural landscape, which is called “Russian Winter”. Its author, Nikifor Krylov, comes from the city of Kalyazin, which is located on the Volga. In your picture talented artist depicted the outskirts of a village, behind which stands a forest of wondrous beauty. The foreground is represented by slowly walking women, towards whom a peasant walking, leading his horse, walks. The feeling of spaciousness and lightness is emphasized by the serene winter clouds floating across the sky.

Painting by I. Shishkin

The famous Russian landscape artist, when creating his works, gave preference to summer theme. However, he strived for variety in his work, painting paintings depicting other seasons as well. One of these creations is the canvas “Winter”. The painting is impressive because it reveals the torpor of winter. The central image is pine forest, covered with deep fluffy snow. The silence of a frosty day is conveyed by the grandeur of a clear sky and mighty century-old pines, covered with a fluffy white blanket. Thanks to the bluish coloring, the work reveals the languid beauty of the sleeping forest. I. Shishkin proves that paintings about winter by Russian artists can inspire and amaze the imagination with their colors and shades, gradually revealing the meaning to the viewer.

Work by B. Kustodiev

The winter landscapes of Russian artists amaze with their splendor. The most beloved in Rus' folk holiday- Maslenitsa - depicted in the painting of the same name by B. Kustodiev. The work conveys the mood of a mischievous and cheerful farewell to winter and welcome to spring. The main attributes of Maslenitsa are pancakes and folk festivals. It’s hard to believe that this cheerful picture was created when he was seriously ill and confined to a wheelchair.

March winter day in a painting by K. Yuon

Winter in the paintings of Russian artists seems mysterious and wary. The opposite mood is the painting by K. Yuon “ March sun" A clear, piercing blue sky, sparkling snow, and bright spots convey the freshness of a frosty day. The temperamental artist depicted two horsemen moving on their horses along a narrow path. A beautiful horse catches up with them, with a dog running leisurely next to it. The triumphant joyful colors gave the picture fame and love from the audience.

Night as depicted by A. Kuidzhi

Paintings about winter by Russian artists convey a feeling of a fantastic atmosphere. As if proving this, A. Kuidzhi’s work “Moonlight Spots in the Forest. Winter” depicts the space of a small forest clearing surrounded by trees and bushes in the snow. Moonlight illuminates motionless objects, turning the entire clearing into a mysterious space. The light areas froze in a daze. WITH different sides thick shadows creep up on them in dark spots, which smoothly turn into the tops of the trees.

Thus, paintings about winter by Russian artists are filled with a contrast of mystery and harmony. They convey to the viewer not only all the splendor and beauty of Russian nature, but also deep meaning, mood, creator. Winter in the paintings of Russian artists is presented in all its grandeur. All this together contributes to the creation of a special atmosphere in the viewer’s mind, allowing one to feel like a participant in the animated landscape and “touch” its details.

Many, and maybe all, outstanding artists I admired that time of year when nature rests and gains strength under a fluffy white cover. And they, inspired, created amazing winter landscapes, several of which we will admire today.

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Julius Klever “Winter landscape with a hut”, 1899

Julius Klever is a Russian artist of German origin, academician and professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Born in 1850 in the city of Dorpat (now Tartu in Estonia). The artist was in love with fairy tales, which is clearly visible in each of his works - even if there are no fairy tale characters, then their spirit is felt in forest, swamp and river landscapes.

Julius Klever, painting “Winter Landscape with a Hut”, 1899

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Igor Grabar, “Luxurious frost”, 1941

Igor Grabar is a Russian artist, art historian, restorer, teacher. Born in Budapest in 1871, he traveled a lot. In the 1930s, he “settled” in the artists’ holiday village in Abramtsevo. The local nature became an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Grabar the landscape painter. The main object of observation and work for him was frost. An example of this is the painting “Luxurious Frost”.

Igor Grabar painting “Luxurious frost”, 1941

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Ivan Aivazovsky, “Ice Mountains in Antarctica”, 1870

This work is worldwide famous artist-marine painter I. Aivazovsky has three plot components: amazing sea power, the stunning beauty of eternal winter and the courage of the Russian navigators Bellingshausen and Lazarev, who discovered Antarctica during an expedition in 1820. The painting “Ice Mountains in Antarctica” is based on the memoirs of Admiral Lazarev.

Ivan Aivazovsky, painting “Ice Mountains in Antarctica”, 1870

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Arkhip Kuindzhi, “Sun spots on frost”, 1876-1890

Arkhip Kuindzhi is a famous Russian landscape painter, a student of Aivazovsky himself. Born in 1851. In his works, using gradation in halftones, he sometimes achieved a complete optical illusion. Unfortunately, due to the change in colors over time, Kuindzhi’s paintings lose much of their former richness. Therefore, we hasten to admire what has been preserved.

Arkhip Kuindzhi, painting “Sun spots on frost”, 1876-1890

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Isaac Levitan, “Forest in Winter”, 1885

Levitan is a Russian artist of Jewish origin, a master of “mood landscape”. Levitan's works prove that the forest element is beautiful at any time of the year - be it lush spring, hot summer, rainy autumn or magical snowy winter. We, pampered city dwellers, have the pleasure of seeing the beauty of a winter forest extremely rarely. And you can look at her with the brilliant eyes of Levitan at any moment.

Isaac Levitan, painting “Forest in Winter”, 1885

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Viktor Vasnetsov “Winter Dream” (“Winter”), 1908-1914

Viktor Vasnetsov is another adept of Russian landscape, as well as a master of historical and folklore painting. Most of his work “Winter Dream” is occupied by the edge of the forest. The snow enveloped the trees in a fluffy blanket, everything seemed to stand still, silence and peace reigned all around. And only light traces of the sleigh, leading to a village barely visible in the distance, are visible on the left side of the picture. Somewhere there is the warmth of the hearth, but here, in the foreground, severe frost reigns.

Victor Vasnetsov, painting “Winter Dream”, 1908-1914

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Boris Kustodiev, “Skiers”, 1919

Boris Kustodiev - Russian and Soviet painter, landscape painter, graphic artist, illustrator and theater artist. The canvas “Skiers” is an amazing example of white on white. Frost-covered trees stand out against the backdrop of an endless snow-covered plain. Plumes of dull white smoke released by the locomotive obscure the snowy road from view. And all this pastoral splendor is watched by two skiers - a girl and a boy.

Boris Kustodiev, painting “Skiers”, 1919

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, "Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap", 1565

Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a Dutch painter and graphic artist, the most famous of those who bore the surname “Bruelel”. At first glance, in his “Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap,” you can only see how carefree people frolic on the ice. The bird trap in the heavy door on the right side of the picture is barely visible. And where is your catcher? It’s not for nothing that Bruegel the Elder is considered a joker...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap, 1565

Winter landscapes by outstanding artists. Hendrik Averkamp, ​​"Winter Landscape with Skaters", 1609

Another Dutch painter, Hendrik Averkamp, ​​like Bruegel, loved to paint small, realistic winter landscapes. One of them is this “Winter Landscape”, also with an upwardly shifted horizon and a trap door (direct quote from Bruegel). By the way, try to find her.

Fluffy white flakes. A cozy creaking sound underfoot. Sparkling snow reflects the sun's ray. A perfect winter is the grace of nature. And if he doesn’t become generous, art won’t let you down. Russian artists have been painting winter for centuries. Without knowing it - for future use. Looking at winter landscapes with Natalia Letnikova.

The mood of winter is a little childish. While in the village of Ladeiki near Krasnoyarsk, Vasily Surikov decided to convey all the Siberian daring that comes through even in winter fun. “I wrote what I myself have seen many times.” The painter looked for images every market day. The organization of nature - a snowy town and a mounted Cossack on an “assault” - is the merit of the artist’s brother. Alexander Surikov himself took a place in the painting in the “auditorium” - on a sleigh covered with a bright carpet.

Taking the snowy town. 1891. State Russian Museum

Landscapes by a marine painter. A real rarity. Aivazovsky wrote for his creative life about six thousand paintings. And almost every job involves the sea. But the painter of the Main Naval Staff also used silver in his palette, painting not wave crests... but a snow-covered forest. The source of inspiration is not only southern Feodosia, but also northern St. Petersburg, where the gifted young man Hovhannes Ayvazyan grew into the artist Ivan Aivazovsky.

Winter landscape. 1876. Private collection

“In the wild north...” Poetic lines by Mikhail Lermontov and the title of the painting by Ivan Shishkin. Half a century since the death of the poet... Russian artists painted pictures based on his poems. Shishkin chose the theme of loneliness and saw his pine tree in the town of Kemi in distant Finland, where the painter’s daughter had moved. Night, twilight, silence, solitude - not a sentence, but a wonderful winter dream. “...In that region where the sun rises, / Alone and sad on a burning cliff / A beautiful palm tree grows.”

“In the wild north...” 1891. Kyiv Museum of Russian Art

Fairy tale, opera, painting. And it's all about her. The Snow Maiden was invented by playwright Alexander Ostrovsky, endowed with a coloratura soprano by composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and brought to the edge of the forest by artist Viktor Vasnetsov. A touching girl, whose prototype was Sashenka, the daughter of Savva Mamontov, takes a step into big world. Snow-white edge and gray haze in the distance. Anxiety in the girls' eyes and... the feeling of a fairy tale, even with a sad ending.

Desn consists of accepting with your entire being what is happening around you. at the moment. The irrational aspect of admiring nature - without realizing oneself in it - is the Zen of a child. It’s very strange to see Plastov’s “First Snow” being taught to children at school. Or not strange, but true?

The art of drawing and painting itself are nothing more than tools that promote literature and, consequently, the enlightenment of the people.
Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov

Winter picture modern master on the classic theme of frost and sunshine with birch trees and snow. Nikolai Anokhin depicts Russian woods and a village house standing on the outskirts. This canvas will take its rightful place in our collection of winter reproductions.

The painting by the famous artist Konstantin Yuon is integral to its name - “ March sun". Otherwise, we might not understand that this is exactly March, the end of winter. Thank you, the author explains. Let's look at the canvas, bright and solid? Not quite. The composition “right through” reflects movement, turning, towards the light and towards summer.

Famous painting Viktor Grigorievich Tsyplakov’s “Frost and Sun” depicts not the sun itself, but the effects of lighting. The painting contrasts strong houses and sleighs with horses moving along a snowy road towards us, the spectators.

The painting by Alexey Savrasov depicts the corner of a snow-filled courtyard, fenced with a strong fence. Savrasov painted rickety huts, courtyards like these, and wide deserted winter landscapes of the Middle Zone.

An artless picture at first glance Alexey Savrasov It doesn’t even depict winter, but space. And not the road - the distance. The coloring, practically reduced to white and dark, is interesting for analysis.

Interesting winter landscape Gustav Courbet depicts the deserted outskirts of a village in disgusting, dank, cold and damp weather. Where are the horses and people? In stalls and taverns, perhaps.

Surprisingly modern artist Nikolai Krymov. His " Winter evening"would look great in the artists' gallery on Vernissage or Krymsky Val. It’s just that now everyone writes like this, well, or through one, but Krymov- first. And very different.