Northern idyll Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939)
Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin – Northern idyll
Edit attribution
Download full size: 2048×1519 px (0,5 Mb)
Painter: Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin
Location: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Государственная Третьяковская галерея).
Album navigation:
After participating in Savva Mamontov’s northern expedition, Russian artist Konstantin Korovin conceived the idea of creating a series of paintings about life in the North. In 1886 the artist painted The Nordic Idyll, captivated by the natural beauty of the harsh northern region and the purity of the soul of its inhabitants. The canvas depicts the pre-dawn time: a new moon has already appeared on the slightly darkened sky.
ArtClub
Best Contemporary Atists
Description of Konstantin Korovin’s painting "The Northern Idyll".
After participating in Savva Mamontov’s northern expedition, Russian artist Konstantin Korovin conceived the idea of creating a series of paintings about life in the North. In 1886 the artist painted The Nordic Idyll, captivated by the natural beauty of the harsh northern region and the purity of the soul of its inhabitants.
The canvas depicts the pre-dawn time: a new moon has already appeared on the slightly darkened sky. Everything around is green, the grass carpet is carpeted with wonder baubles, and the gentle melody of a village shepherd’s pipe is playing as he lays on the grass. Three peasant girls in brightly colored sundresses are enjoying the coolness of the evening time and swaying slightly in time with the sounding tune. The artist gave their faces both stern and lyrical at the same time. And also he perfectly conveyed all the splendor of folk patterns and attire details with his brush.
His broad brushwork manner allows us to see clearly delineated figures of the girls on the background of the cloudy sky and low northern trees.
The main emphasis was placed on the color red. However, it must be said that on this canvas Korovin harmoniously combines the contrast of three colors: white, green and red, which are so loved by Russian people. It appears that the painter has given the picture a folkloric direction, emphasizing the inseparable connection between national beauty and nature.
True, the images of the girls seem a little kooky. Korovin himself felt that the figures somehow do not connect with the landscape, so he decided to reunite them with the beauty of white daisies on green grass. In this way the amazing beauty of the northern landscape brightened up the impression of inconsistency, because in "Idyllia" we have an opportunity to observe the saturation of colors even in the pre-dawn period.
By creating such impressive scenery with his broad and sweeping strokes, Korovin has given us a truly majestic masterpiece.
You cannot comment Why?
The picture has something of this: people, outdoors, two, wear, man, woman, happiness, child, girl, lid, recreation, fun, landscape, leisure, tree, nature, summer, water.
Perhaps it’s a painting of a group of people standing and sitting in a field with a man laying on the ground next to a woman in a red dress.