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) in her expressive sweeping works was able to preserve the transparency of the fog, the lightness of the sail, the smooth rocking of the ship on the waves.
Her paintings amaze with their depth, volume, saturation, and the texture is such that it is impossible to take your eyes off them.
Warm simplicity Valentina Gubareva
Primitive artist from Minsk Valentin Gubarev not chasing fame and just doing what he loves. His work is insanely popular abroad, but almost unfamiliar to his compatriots. In the mid-90s, the French fell in love with his everyday sketches and signed a contract with the artist for 16 years. The paintings, which, it would seem, should be understandable only to us, the bearers of the "modest charm of undeveloped socialism", were liked by the European public, and exhibitions began in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and other countries.
Sensual realism by Sergei Marshennikov
Sergei Marshennikov is 41 years old. He lives in St. Petersburg and creates in the best traditions of the classical Russian school of realistic portraiture. The heroines of his paintings are tender and defenseless in their half-naked women. Many of the most famous paintings depict the artist's muse and wife, Natalia.
The Myopic World of Philip Barlow
In the modern era of high-resolution images and the rise of hyperrealism, Philip Barlow's work immediately attracts attention. However, a certain effort is required from the viewer in order to force himself to look at blurry silhouettes and bright spots on the author's canvases. Probably, this is how people suffering from myopia see the world without glasses and contact lenses.
Sunny Bunnies by Laurent Parcelier
Painting by Laurent Parcelier is an amazing world in which there is neither sadness nor despondency. You will not find gloomy and rainy pictures in him. There is a lot of light, air and bright colors on his canvases, which the artist applies with characteristic recognizable strokes. This creates the feeling that the paintings are woven from thousands of sunbeams.
Urban Dynamics in the Works of Jeremy Mann
Oil on wood panels by American artist Jeremy Mann paints dynamic portraits of a modern metropolis. “Abstract forms, lines, contrast of light and dark spots - everything creates a picture that evokes the feeling that a person experiences in the crowd and bustle of the city, but can also express the calmness that comes from contemplating quiet beauty,” says the artist.
The Illusory World of Neil Simon
In the paintings of the British artist Neil Simone (Neil Simone) everything is not what it seems at first glance. “For me, the world around me is a series of fragile and ever-changing shapes, shadows and boundaries,” says Simon. And in his paintings everything is really illusory and interconnected. Borders are washed away, and stories flow into each other.
The love drama of Joseph Lorasso
Italian-born contemporary American artist Joseph Lorusso transfers to canvas scenes that he saw in the everyday life of ordinary people. Hugs and kisses, passionate impulses, moments of tenderness and desire fill his emotional pictures.
Village life of Dmitry Levin
Dmitry Levin is a recognized master of the Russian landscape, who has established himself as a talented representative of the Russian realistic school. The most important source of his art is his attachment to nature, which he loves tenderly and passionately and feels himself a part of.
Bright East Valery Blokhin
There are many talented individuals among Russian artists. Their work is highly valued all over the world and competes with such world masters as Rubens, Michelangelo, Van Gogh and Picasso. In this article, we have collected 10 of the most famous Russian artists.
1. Ivan Aivazovsky
Ivan Aivazovsky is one of the most famous Russian artists. He was born in Feodosia. From childhood, Aivazovsky showed his incredible creative abilities: he loved to draw and taught himself to play the violin.
At the age of 12, the young talent began to study in Simferopol at the Academy of Painting. Here he learned to copy engravings and paint from nature. A year later, he managed to enter the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy, although he had not yet reached the age of 14 years.
For a long time the artist traveled around Europe and lived in Italy, where his paintings were also recognized for their true worth. So the young artist from Feodosia became a fairly famous and rich man.
Later, Aivazovsky returned to his homeland, where he received the uniform of the Naval Ministry and the title of academician. The artist also visited Egypt and was present at the opening of the new Suez Canal. The artist described all his impressions in pictures. By this time, he had already developed his own unique style and the ability to write from memory. Aivazovsky briefly sketched complex elements in a notebook in order to later transfer them to the canvas. The paintings "Odessa", "The Ninth Wave" and "The Black Sea" brought him worldwide fame.
The artist spent the last years of his life in Feodosia, where he built himself a house in the Italian style. A little later, Aivazovsky added a small gallery to it, so that everyone could freely enjoy his amazing paintings and drown in the ocean of colors. Today, this mansion still serves as a museum and many visitors come here every day to see with their own eyes the skill of the marine painter, who lived a long and happy life.
2. Viktor Vasnetsov
Viktor Vasnetsov continues the list of the most famous Russian artists. He was born in the spring of 1848 in the family of a priest in the small village of Lopyal. The craving for painting woke up in him at a very early age, but his parents could not give him a proper education due to lack of money. Therefore, at the age of 10, Victor began to study at a free theological seminary.
In 1866, with virtually no money, he left for St. Petersburg. Vasnetsov easily passed the entrance exam and entered the Academy of Arts. Here began his friendship with the famous artist Repin, with whom he later went to Paris. After returning to St. Petersburg, Vasnetsov begins to paint his most famous paintings: "Three heroes", "Snow Maiden" and "God Sabaoth".
The artist was able to fully reveal his talent only after moving to Moscow. Here he is cozy and comfortable, and each subsequent picture is better than the previous one. It was in Moscow that Vasnetsov painted such paintings as Alyonushka, Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf and Nestor the Chronicler.
3. Karl Bryullov
This famous Russian artist was born in 1799. Karl's father was a famous painter and professor at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. Therefore, the fate of the boy was a foregone conclusion. Fortunately, Karl Bryullov managed to inherit the artist's talent from his father.
Studying was given to the young artist very easily. He was many times superior to the rest of the students in his class and graduated from the Academy of Arts with honors. After that, Karl went to travel around Europe, stopping for a long time only in Italy. It was here that he created his masterpiece - "The Last Day of Pompeii", having spent about six years writing it.
Upon his return to St. Petersburg, Karl Bryullov was awaited by fame and glory. They were glad to see him everywhere and certainly admired his new paintings. During this period, the artist creates several of his immortal paintings: Horsewoman, Siege of Pskov, Narcissus and others.
4. Ivan Shishkin
Ivan Shishkin is one of the most famous Russian landscape painters, who in his paintings could present any inconspicuous landscape in the most favorable light. It seems that nature itself plays on the canvases of this artist with living colors.
Ivan Shishkin was born in 1832 in Yelabuga, which today belongs to Tatarstan. The father wanted his son to eventually take the post of city official, but Ivan gravitated towards drawing. At the age of 20, he left for Moscow to study painting. After successfully graduating from the Moscow School of Arts, Shishkin entered the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg.
Later, he traveled a long time in Europe, sketching amazing landscapes. At this time, he created the painting "View in the vicinity of Düsseldorf", which brought him great fame. After returning to Russia, Shishkin continues to create with redoubled energy. According to him, Russian nature is several hundred times superior to European landscapes.
Ivan Shishkin painted many amazing paintings in his life: “Morning in a Pine Forest”, “First Snow”, “Pine Forest” and others. Even death overtook this painter right behind the easel.
5. Isaac Levitan
This great Russian master of landscapes was born in Lithuania, but lived all his life in Russia. Repeatedly, his Jewish origin caused him many humiliations, but did not force him to leave this country, which he idolized and praised in his paintings.
Already the first landscapes of Levitan received high marks from Perov and Savrasov, and Tretyakov himself even bought his painting “Autumn Day in Sokolniki”. But in 1879, Isaac Levitan, along with all the Jews, was expelled from Moscow. Only with the great efforts of friends and teachers he manages to return to the city.
In the 1880s, the artist painted many amazing paintings that made him very famous. These were "Pines", "Autumn" and "First Snow". But yet another humiliation forced the author to leave Moscow again and go to the Crimea. On the peninsula, the artist writes a number of amazing works and significantly improves his financial condition. This allows him to travel around Europe and get acquainted with the work of world masters. The pinnacle of Levitan's work was his painting "Above Eternal Peace".
6. Vasily Tropinin
The great Russian portrait painter Vasily Tropinin had an amazing fate. He was born into the family of serfs Count Markov in 1780 and only at the age of 47 received the right to be a free man. Even as a child, little Vasily had a penchant for drawing, but the count sent him to study as a confectioner. Later, he is nevertheless sent to the Imperial Academy, where he shows his talent in all its beauty. For his portraits "The Lacemaker" and "The Beggar Old Man" Vasily Tropinin was awarded the title of academician.
7. Petrov-Vodkin Kuzma
The famous Russian artist Petrov-Vodkin managed to leave behind a rich heritage in world painting. He was born in 1878 in Khvalynsk, and in his youth he was going to become a railway worker. However, fate made him a painter of world renown.
8. Alexey Savrasov
The paintings of this Russian artist were already selling well, as soon as he was 12 years old. A little later, he entered the Moscow School of Painting and instantly became one of the best students. A trip to Ukraine helped Savrasov finish college ahead of schedule and receive the title of artist.
The paintings "Stone in the Forest" and "Moscow Kremlin" made this painter an academician at the age of 24! The royal family is interested in young talent, and Tretyakov himself buys many of his works for international exhibitions. Among them were "Winter", "Rooks have arrived", "Thaw" and others.
The death of two daughters and the subsequent divorce take a toll on Savrasov. He drinks heavily and soon dies in a hospital for the poor.
9. Andrey Rublev
Andrei Rublev is the most famous Russian icon painter. He was born in the 15th century and left behind a great legacy in the form of the icons "Trinity", "Annunciation", "Baptism of the Lord". Andrei Rublev, together with Daniil Cherny, decorated many churches with frescoes, and also painted icons for iconostases.
10. Mikhail Vrubel
Our list of the most famous Russian artists is completed by Mikhail Vrubel, who during his life created many masterpieces in various subjects. He was engaged in painting the Kyiv temple, and later in Moscow he set about creating his famous series of "demonic" paintings. The creative throwing of this artist did not find proper understanding among his contemporaries. Only a few decades after the death of Mikhail Vrubel, art critics gave him his due, and the Church agreed with his interpretations of biblical events.
Unfortunately, the artist's personal life caused him to develop a severe form of mental disorders. The title of academician overtook him in a lunatic asylum, from which he was no longer destined to leave. Nevertheless, Mikhail Vrubel managed to create many amazing works of art that are worthy of genuine admiration. Among them, it is especially worth highlighting the paintings "Seated Demon", "The Swan Princess" and "Faust".
Below is a selection of paintings by Russian landscape painters of the 19th century. Polenov, Repin, Levitan and other old masters. Let's start with Kuindzhi. Never been a fan of it, but this thing is great, IMHO.
Arkhip Kuindzhi, "Crimea. Sea". 1898
Arkhip Kuindzhi was a Pontic Greek and what is called a self-made man. The son of a poor shoemaker from Mariupol tried to become a student of Aivazovsky, but could not. The Armenian did not help the Greek. Then Kuindzhi went to St. Petersburg, where on the third attempt he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts. And at the end of his life, he became a professor and a major sponsor in it. In 1904, Kuindzhi donated 100,000 rubles to his native Academy (with an average salary in the country of 300-400 per year).
Unlike Kuindzhi, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was the son of a merchant from Vyatka and it was easier for him. Moreover, the father-merchant helped his son's hobbies in every possible way. But dad-dad, but you also need talent. Shishkin turned out to be just a landscape genius. Below is his chic painting “Pine in the Sand”. Summer!
Ivan Shishkin. "Pine on the sand". 1884
More pines from Shishkin.
Ivan Shishkin. "Sestroretsky Bor". 1896
And oak trees too.
Ivan Shishkin. "Oak Grove". 1887
Notice how the shadows are drawn on the tree trunks. This is not a "black square" for you 🙂
And this is Fyodor Vasiliev, "The Village" (1869). Another great landscape painter of the 19th century, who died at the age of 23 (!) from tuberculosis. In the picture below, of course, there is blatant devastation, an undeveloped road network, but the landscape as a whole is beautiful. Huts with leaky roofs, a washed-out road, logs thrown at random do not spoil the view of nature bathed in the summer sun at all.
Fedor Vasiliev. "Village". 1869
Ilya Repin. "On the bridge in Abramtsevo". 1879.
And this is a landscape near the dacha of the then oligarch Mamontov, with whom Repin visited in the summer. Polenov, Vasnetsov, Serov, Korovin were also there. Who is now visiting the villas of the richest people in Russia? ... By the way, pay attention to what outfit the lady is wearing. She went out for a walk in the forest.
Vasily Polenov. "Gold autumn". 1893
The Oka River near Tarusa, next to the estate of Vasily Polenov. About the benefits of landownership: it’s good, after all, when an artist has his own estate, where you can take a walk in nature.
And here is another version of the "Golden Autumn". Author - Ilya Semenovich Ostroukhov, 1887. Ostroukhov was a versatile person, a Moscow merchant, artist, collector, friend of Tretyakov. He was married to one of the representatives of the Botkin family of tea magnates, spent a lot of money on the purchase of paintings, icons, and had his own private museum.
In 1918 this museum was nationalized by the Bolsheviks. However, Ostroukhov himself was not injured, he was appointed "lifelong keeper" of the museum and even left the mansion in Trubnikov Lane, where all this was located, for use. Now it has become known as the Museum of Icon Painting and Painting named after I. S. Ostroukhov. One can say that the person is lucky. In 1929, Ostroukhov died, the museum was liquidated, the exhibits were distributed to other places, a communal apartment was arranged in mansions, and later - a branch of the Literary Museum. Ilya Ostroukhov was, as they say, "an artist of one picture", but what a one!
Ilya Ostroukhov. "Gold autumn". 1887
Another famous landscape painter is Mikhail Klodt (nephew of the one who "horses on the bridge in St. Petersburg"). Painting "Forest Distance at Noon", 1878. On the benefits of imperialism and selective tolerance: the ancestors of the Klodt family, German barons from the Baltic, fought against Russia in the Northern War. But after it, they were integrated into Russian society. That is, in exchange for faithful service to the new Fatherland, the barons were left the right to continue to spread rot on their Latvian and Estonian laborers. This, of course, created some problems (in 1917) in the person of the Latvian riflemen, but Klodt, Alexy II and Admiral Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern appeared in Russia.
Mikhail Klodt. "Forest distance at noon." 1878
Another forest landscape and again a lady on a walk. Repin was in white, here - in black.
Isaac Levitan. "Autumn Day. Sokolniki". 1879
The picture was painted by 19-year-old Levitan after he, as a Jew, was evicted from Moscow in 1879. Sitting on the "101st kilometer" and being in a nostalgic mood, the artist drew the Sokolniki recreation park from memory. Tretyakov liked the picture, and the general public first learned about Levitan.
By the way, Levitan was soon returned to Moscow. But in 1892 they were evicted again, then three months later they returned again. The last zigzag was explained by the fact that the deportation of Jews from Moscow in 1892 was led by the governor, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, uncle of Nicholas II. Like many Romanovs, the prince was a major collector of paintings. When it turned out that he had evicted Levitan from Moscow…. Well, in short, the authorities made concessions.
By the way, with his nephew - Nicholas II - the prince was not on the best of terms, considering him soft-bodied, unable to protect the monarchy. In 1905, the prince will be torn to pieces by a bomb thrown by Ivan Kalyaev, a member of the Fighting Organization of the Socialist-Revolutionaries.
Isaac Levitan. "Gold autumn". 1895
And now - the one who, in fact, taught Levitan to draw: Alexei Savrasov, master of winter landscapes, teacher, itinerant. The picture is called: "Winter Landscape" (1880-90). The colors of the winter sky in the Middle lane are brilliantly rendered. Evening sky, most likely.
The picture is gloomy, written by Savrasov in the last, worst period of his life. When he left the family, he drank heavily and begged. The artist became an inhabitant of Khitrovka, a slum quarter, the Moscow bottom. Gilyarovsky recalled how one day he and Nikolai Nevrev (the author of the famous accusatory painting “Torg”, where one gentleman imposingly sells a serf girl to another), decided to go to Savrasov and invite him to a tavern. What they saw horrified them. " The old man was completely drunk ... It's a pity for the poor fellow. If you put it on, it will drink everything again ... "
Alexey Savrasov. "Winter landscape". 1880-90s
And of course, where the landscape is, there is Kryzhitsky. Painting "Landscape" (1895). Sad season, nasty weather, and you can't take your eyes off. The master was great. Later, for one of these paintings, envious people (by the way, the future “masters of socialist realism”) will spread slander against the artist, unreasonably accuse him of plagiarism. Konstantin Kryzhitsky, unable to withstand the persecution, hangs himself in his St. Petersburg apartment.
Konstantin Kryzhitsky. "Scenery". 1895
Once again I write that the Diary gives me a virtual acquaintance with many interesting people who are passionate about painting, so I turned to the work of the Latvian watercolorist due to the fact that Rona1 looked at me "at the light". Tatyana, a former resident of Riga, who now lives in Karmiel, Israel, told me that her father-in-law's father was an artist, that she has been passionate about painting for many years. With the suggestion of Tatyana, new posts appeared in the "Films about Artists" section, she also introduced me to the name Brekte and sent photos of several of the artist's works at her home. For which special thanks to her. Thus, a new name appeared in my ZhZL series.
Janis Brekte
Latvian artist, Honored Art Worker of the Latvian SSR (1981), one of the most popular and fruitful watercolor painters of the Soviet era, widely known outside of Latvia.
Janis Brekte was born in Riga in the family of a gardener. He spent his childhood in the small town of Lizuma, from 1934 until the end of his life he lived in Riga. In 1936, he entered the drawing courses of the artist Karlis Andreevich Brenzens (Karlis Brencēns, 1879-1951). Brenzens was a master of stained glass painting, who in his work tried to reflect the main ideological trends of national color. In particular, its stained-glass windows abound with elegantly played ethnographic motifs. Noteworthy are his works from the early 1900s, such as Rooster in the Snow (1903) and the portrait of Valdemars Krishjanis (1912). Janis studied at Brenzens' studio for three years.
In 1940 he entered the Latvian Academy of Arts. Among his teachers were landscape painters Leo Simanovich Svemps (Leo Svemps, 1897-1975), People's Artist of the USSR since 1963, Karlis Miesnieks (January 31, 1887 - October 25, 1977), who graduated from the school of the St. Petersburg Society of Imperial Art (1911) and the Central Stieglitz's drawing school, who worked in his own painting studio, and since 1922 at the Academy, and Nikolajs Breikshs (Nikolajs Breikshs, January 10, 1911 - August 1, 1972), a graduate of the Latvian Academy, after a number of years of work as a drawing teacher, returned in 1945 to teach at "alma mater".
Brekte graduated from the Academy in 1948, while still studying, starting in 1943, he began to participate in exhibitions.
Janis Brekte Strelnieku street in winter 1945
Janis Brekte January 1st 1957
Janis Brekte Maritime School 1960s
Janis Brekte From the workshop window 1968
In 1950, Janis Brekte became a member of the Union of Artists, in 1981 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Latvian SSR. Large personal exhibitions of the artist were held in Riga (1977, 1980) and Jelgava (1981).
Janis Brekte Sunflowers with watermelon 1973
Janis Brekte Untitled.
Brekte specialized in landscapes and still lifes. But if in his early work the artist focused on the industrial landscape (he painted many views of the harbor and port), then in subsequent years he paid more attention to nature.
Janis Brekte Early morning. 1967
Janis Brekte Far East. Vladivostok. 1971
But, above all, the name of the artist is inextricably linked with Old Riga. Brekte painted many series of watercolors with views of the streets of the Old Town at different times of the year and with different moods of nature. The creative heritage of Janis Brekte includes several thousand works.
Janis Brekte Old Riga. 1973
Janis Brekte Warehouses in Old Riga. 1981
Janis Brekte Series Old Riga.
Janis Brekte Series Old Riga.
Memorial exhibitions dedicated to his work were held in Cēsis (1986) and Riga (1991, 1992). The Lizuma Art Museum houses a permanent exhibition of his work.
Janis Brekte Street of Old Riga. House number 13.
Janis Brekte September in Old Riga 1967
Published: March 26, 2018This list of famous landscape painters has been compiled by our editor, Neil Collins, M.A., LL.B. It represents his personal opinion about the ten best representatives of genre art. Like any compilation of this kind, it reveals more of the compiler's personal tastes than the position of landscape painters. So the top ten landscape painters and their landscapes.
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#10 Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Frederick Edwin Church (1826-1900)
In tenth place, two American artists at once.
Thomas Cole: The greatest American landscape painter of the early 19th century and founder of the Hudson River School, Thomas Cole was born in England, where he worked as an apprentice engraver before emigrating to the United States in 1818, where he quickly achieved recognition as a landscape painter, settling in the village of Catskill in the Hudson Valley. An admirer of Claude Lorraine and Turner, he visited England and Italy between 1829 and 1832, after which (thanks in part to the encouragement he received from John Martin and Turner) he began to focus less on natural scenery and more on grandiose allegorical and historical themes. . Largely impressed by the natural beauty of the American landscape, Cole imbued much of his landscape art with great feeling and obvious romantic splendor.
Famous landscapes of Thomas Cole:
- "View of the Catskills - Early Autumn" (1837), oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum, New York
- "American Lake" (1844), oil on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts
Frederick Edwin Church
- "Niagara Falls" (1857), Corcoran, Washington
- "Heart of the Andes" (1859), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- "Cotopaxi" (1862), Detroit Institute of Arts
#9 Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)
Thoughtful, melancholic and somewhat reclusive, Caspar David Friedrich is the greatest landscape painter of the Romantic tradition. Born near the Baltic Sea, he settled in Dresden, where he focused exclusively on spiritual connections and the meaning of the landscape, inspired by the silent silence of the forest, as well as light (sunrise, sunset, moonlight) and seasons. His genius lay in his ability to capture a hitherto unknown spiritual dimension in nature, which gives the landscape an emotional, incomparable mysticism.
Famous landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich:
- "Winter Landscape" (1811), oil on canvas, National Gallery, London
- "Landscape in Riesengebirge" (1830), oil on canvas, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
- Man and Woman Looking at the Moon (1830-1835), oil, National Gallery, Berlin
#8 Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Often called the "forgotten Impressionist", the Anglo-French Alfred Sisley was second only to Monet in his devotion to spontaneous plein airism: he was the only Impressionist who devoted himself exclusively to landscape painting. His seriously underestimated reputation is based on his ability to capture the unique effects of light and seasons in wide landscapes, sea and river scenes. His depiction of dawn and a cloudy day is especially memorable. Today he is not very popular, but is still considered one of the greatest representatives of Impressionist landscape painting. Could well be overrated, because, unlike Monet, his work never suffered from a lack of form.
Famous landscapes by Alfred Sisley:
- Foggy Morning (1874), oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay
- "Snow at Louveciennes" (1878), oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
- Morette Bridge in the Sun (1892), oil on canvas, private collection
#7 Albert Cuyp (1620-1691)
A Dutch realist painter, Aelbert Kuip is one of the most famous Dutch landscape painters. His most magnificent scenic views, river scenes and landscapes with calm cattle, show majestic serenity and masterful handling of bright light (early morning or evening sun) in the Italian style is a sign of Klodeev's great influence. This golden light often captures only the sides and edges of plants, clouds, or animals through impasto lighting effects. In this way, Cuyp turned his native Dordrecht into an imaginary world, reflecting it at the beginning or end of an ideal day, with an all-encompassing sense of stillness and security, and the harmony of everything with nature. Popular in Holland, it was highly regarded and collected in England.
Famous landscapes of Albert Cuyp:
- "View of Dordrecht from the North" (1650), oil on canvas, collection of Anthony de Rothschild
- “River landscape with horseman and peasants” (1658), oil, National Gallery, London
#6 Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Jean-Baptiste Corot, one of the greatest landscape painters of the Romantic style, is famous for his unforgettable picturesque depiction of nature. His particularly subtle approach to distance, light and form depended on tone rather than drawing and color, giving the finished composition an air of endless romance. Less constrained by painterly theory, Corot's works are nonetheless among the world's most popular landscapes. A regular participant in the Paris Salon since 1827 and a member of the School of Barbizon, led by Theodore Rousseau (1812-1867), he had a great influence on other plein air artists such as Charles-Francois Doubigny (1817-1878), Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). ) and Alfred Sisley (1839-1899). He was also an unusually generous man who spent most of his money on artists in need.
Famous landscapes by Jean-Baptiste Corot:
- "The Bridge at Narni" (1826), oil on canvas, Louvre
- Ville d'Avrey (ca. 1867), oil on canvas, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
- "Rural Landscape" (1875), oil on canvas, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France
#5 Jacob van Ruisdael (1628-1682)
- "The Mill at Wijk near Duarsted" (1670), oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum
- "Jewish Cemetery in Ouderkerk" (1670), Old Masters Gallery, Dresden
No. 4 Claude Lorrain (1600-1682)
French painter, draftsman and engraver active in Rome who is regarded by many art historians as the greatest painter of the idyllic landscape in the history of art. Since pure (i.e., secular and non-classical) landscape, as well as ordinary still life or genre painting, lacked moral heaviness (in the 17th century in Rome), Claude Lorrain introduced classical elements and mythological themes into his compositions, including gods, heroes and saints. In addition, his chosen environment, the countryside around Rome, was rich in ancient ruins. These classic Italian pastoral landscapes were also filled with a poetic light that represents his unique contribution to the art of landscape painting. Claude Lorraine particularly influenced English painters, both during his lifetime and for two centuries thereafter: John Constable called him "the finest landscape painter the world has ever seen".
Famous landscapes by Claude Lorrain:
- "Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino" (1636), oil on canvas, Louvre
- "Landscape with the wedding of Isaac and Rebecca" (1648), oil, National Gallery
- "Landscape with Tobius and the Angel" (1663), oil, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
- "Building a boat at Flatford" (1815), oil, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- "Hay Cart" (1821), oil on canvas, National Gallery, London
No. 2 Claude Monet (1840-1926)
The greatest modern landscape painter and giant of French painting, Monet was the leading figure of the incredibly influential Impressionist movement, to whose principles of spontaneous plein air painting he remained true for the rest of his life. A close friend of the Impressionist painters Renoir and Pissarro, his desire for optical truth, primarily in the depiction of light, is represented by a series of canvases depicting the same object in different lighting conditions and at different times of the day, such as "Haystacks" (1888 ), The Poplars (1891), Rouen Cathedral (1892) and The River Thames (1899). This method culminated in the famous Water Lilies series (among all the most famous landscapes) created from 1883 in his garden at Giverny. His latest series of monumental drawings of water lilies with shimmering colors has been interpreted by several art historians and painters as an important precursor to abstract art, and by others as the supreme example of Monet's search for spontaneous naturalism.