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Early Spring. 1880s–1890s
Savrasov Alexei,
Oil on canvas
51,3 x 37,8
State Russian Museum
Пост. в 1948 от М. М. Музалевского
Annotation
Savrasov equated early spring with the subject of the perpetual renewal of life. He sees a poetically inspired image of his native land in the typical Russian landscape with birch trees and an old church.
Author's Biography
Savrasov Alexei
Savrasov, Alexei Kondratievich (1830, Moscow — 1897, Moscow)
Painter, graphic artist, teacher, landscapist. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1848–1854). Awarded the title of painter at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1850). Academician of painting (1854). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1852). Taught at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1857–1882).
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