FROM THE TAIGA TO THE STEPPE - The 19th century Russian landscape painting, and its most important works
The Russian landscape painting remains quite unknown in Western Europe and America, especially if compared with another pictorial movements as the Barbizon School in France (which have an important influence in the Russian landscape painting) or the Hudson River School in the USA. However, 19th century Russian painters introduced a very special, emotional style into the landscape genre. In theartwolf.com we have created this small gallery of images and commentaries to know a little more of these interesting painters
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS (click on the link to see image and comments)
Ivan Aivazovsky: "The Ninth Wave", 1850
Arkhip Kuindzhi: "Dnepr in the morning", 1881
Alexei Savrasov: "The rooks have returned", 1871