Among the shares. rovnyya1883h203 5 Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832-1898)

Description of Ivan Shishkin’s painting "Among the Plain Valley".

We all know that the beauty of Russian nature attracted not only poets, but also artists, for they took immense interest in it. This painting was painted by the great Russian painter I.I. Shishkin back in 1883. After all, it was from that time unfolded a huge artistic activity of the author of many works, in which the vast forests and fields of our immense homeland were depicted at their best. So, one of these works is the painting "Among the flat valleys". At first glance you can see that in front of you stretches its boundless expanse of Russian plain. But if you look closely, you will notice that there is a river and a small white church.

The background is a bit blurred, so many people think that there is fog over the field. Therefore, there is a sharp contrast in the painting, which gives it more dynamics. Because of this, the depicted space seems more organic and boundless, so we can see that the artist is hiding some special meaning. In the foreground of the painting we see the beginning of a country road, which then goes deeper and literally disappears at the horizon line. On either side of it are green grasses in which we can’t count all the beautiful flowers along the way. The simple and familiar daisies, cornflowers, and bellflowers will clearly catch your attention.

But literally in the middle of the field towers a mighty oak that has been growing for centuries. It is alone - wide, tall, large and sullen, as if watching everything that happens around. Its huge branches give it great reliability and power in the fight against the evil elements of storms and hurricanes. By the clouds you can see how this very disaster is coming. So everything in the area seems to be frozen in anticipation of these events. Despite the painting, there is no doubt that the artist literally put his whole soul and hope into the future.