|
|
|
| | | Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi
Russian Painter, 1842-1910
Ukrainian painter, active in Russia. Initially self-taught as an artist, he twice failed the St Petersburg Academy's entrance examination, despite coaching by the marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky. In 1868, however, he was accepted as an external student. He persevered against conservative prejudice and poverty throughout his early career, supplementing his income by retouching photographs. In his early landscape paintings he often sought to capture seasonal moods, as in Autumn Mud (1872; St Petersburg, Rus. Mus.). A more human focus, however, is noticeable after 1874, when he joined the travelling exhibitions society the WANDERERS: the village houses dominate the landscape setting in Evening in Ukraine (1878; St Petersburg, Rus. Mus.). Kuindzhi's principal interest, however, was in lighting, and he obtained striking effects by using vivid colours, chiaroscuro contrasts and simple but cleverly conceived designs. Spectacular paintings, such as the Birch Grove (1879; Moscow, Tret'yakov Gal.), greatly moved contemporary viewers. Through years of experimentation, Kuindzhi developed a highly original technique, which he applied to an increasingly typical, at times almost visionary, treatment of subjects such as snow-covered mountains and moonlight (e.g. Elbnis: Moonlit Night, 1890-95; Moscow, Tret'yakov Gal.). Due to imperfections in the paints he used, many of his canvases soon darkened.
|
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Elbrus-Moonlight
cn40
1890-1895
Oil painting
36.5x55.4cm
Painting ID:: 35260
|
|
|
Elbrus-Moonlight
cn40
1890-1895
Oil painting
36.5x55.4cm
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
The far-away place of forest
cn40
1890-1895
Oil painting
30.5x25cm
Painting ID:: 35261
|
|
|
The_far-away_place_of_forest
cn40
1890-1895
Oil painting
30.5x25cm
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
The sun in the park
cn40
1898-1908
Painting ID:: 35262
|
|
|
The_sun_in_the_park
cn40
1898-1908
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Oak
cn40
1900-1905
Oil painting
63x164cm
Painting ID:: 35263
|
|
|
Oak
cn40
1900-1905
Oil painting
63x164cm
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Elbrus
cn40
1898-1908
Oil painting
36x62cm
Painting ID:: 35264
|
|
|
Elbrus
cn40
1898-1908
Oil painting
36x62cm
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
Arkhip_Ivanovich_Kuindzhi
Russian Painter, 1842-1910
Ukrainian painter, active in Russia. Initially self-taught as an artist, he twice failed the St Petersburg Academy's entrance examination, despite coaching by the marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky. In 1868, however, he was accepted as an external student. He persevered against conservative prejudice and poverty throughout his early career, supplementing his income by retouching photographs. In his early landscape paintings he often sought to capture seasonal moods, as in Autumn Mud (1872; St Petersburg, Rus. Mus.). A more human focus, however, is noticeable after 1874, when he joined the travelling exhibitions society the WANDERERS: the village houses dominate the landscape setting in Evening in Ukraine (1878; St Petersburg, Rus. Mus.). Kuindzhi's principal interest, however, was in lighting, and he obtained striking effects by using vivid colours, chiaroscuro contrasts and simple but cleverly conceived designs. Spectacular paintings, such as the Birch Grove (1879; Moscow, Tret'yakov Gal.), greatly moved contemporary viewers. Through years of experimentation, Kuindzhi developed a highly original technique, which he applied to an increasingly typical, at times almost visionary, treatment of subjects such as snow-covered mountains and moonlight (e.g. Elbnis: Moonlit Night, 1890-95; Moscow, Tret'yakov Gal.). Due to imperfections in the paints he used, many of his canvases soon darkened.
|
|
|
ARTWORKS INDEX
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ARTISTS INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|
|
Wholesale China Oil Painting Wholesale Oil Painting China Xiamen Portrait Reproduction on canvas Chinese Oil Painting Wholesale
|
|
|
|
|
