- Morning in a Pine Forest
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Morning in a Pine Forest Artist Ivan Shishkin, Konstantin Savitsky Year 1889 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 139 cm × 213 cm (55 in × 84 in) Location Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow The Morning in a Pine Forest (Russian: Утро в сосновом лесу) is a painting by Russian artists Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky. Savitsky has painted the bears,[1] but the art collector Pavel Tretyakov effaced his signature, stating that "from idea until performance, everything discloses the painting manner and creative method peculiar just to Shishkin"[2] so the painting is now credited solely to Shishkin.
The Morning in a Pine Forest turned very popular, being reproduced on various items, including the "Clubfooted Bear" chocolates by Babayevskiy. According to one poll, the painting is the second most popular in Russia behind Bogatyrs by Viktor Vasnetsov.[3] Shishkin's similar paintings are the Forest in Spring (1884) and The Sestroretsk Forest (1896).
It is believed that Shishkin painted the pine trees near Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia, where he often liked to rest in summers.[4]
Notes
- ^ (Russian)"Загадка картин Ивана Шишкина". Spbdnevnik.ru. http://www.spbdnevnik.ru/?show=article&id=3460. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ (Russian)"Утро в сосновом лесу. 1889. ГТГ". Artclassic.edu.ru. http://artclassic.edu.ru/catalog.asp?ob_no=19462&cat_ob_no=13014. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ (Russian)"Утро в сосновом лесу". Shishkin-art.ru. http://shishkin-art.ru/art.php?genre=10&id=269. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ Vahe, Urmas (2006-07-01). "Narva-Jõesuu saab taas Euroopa kaardile" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. http://www.ohtuleht.ee/200770.
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