Steppe during the day

The artist is Savrasov

Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov – one of the most famous and beloved Russian landscape painters. Already in the 1850s, attempts by the young artist to overcome academic traditions and find his way in art are noticeable. Significant assistance in the formation of it was provided by a trip to Ukraine. The result of this trip was several works, among them are two landscapes "Dawn in the steppe" (ZH – 7941) and "Steppe during the day" (ZH – 6660) stored in the Russian Museum. In them, the artist seeks to reflect his feelings and impressions of the steppe Ukrainian expanses, he is freed from the dark color of the first works and enriches the palette with paints of the sun illuminated by the sun. In the landscape "Steppe during the day" The artist conveys the state of the sultry steppe: in a cloudless sky, a lonely bird soars, and below, on the ground, two partridges are trying to find a vacation from the midday sun in the yellowed grass. It was during these years that the young artist was spoke as an original master, deeply feeling nature. He said very accurately about his teacher and. And. Levitan: “Savrasov tried to find in the simplest and most ordinary those intimate, deeply touching, often sad features that are so much felt in our native landscape and so irresistibly act on the soul. From Savrasov appeared a lyrics in the painting of the landscape and limitless love for the native land".