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Evening in the Ukraine
Read more...This is one of Arkhip Kuinji ’s most famous paintings, well-known to Russian viewers and often included in publications on the history of Russian art in the second half of the nineteenth century. The artist first exhibited Evening in the Ukraine in 1878, then made later finishing touches to the canvas in 1901. This landscape is a typical work by a master who preferred bright and vivid interpretat...
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Birch Grove
Read more...In the 1870s, Arkhip Kuinji passed through a period of interest in Impressionism, especially the questions of light and recording rare states of nature. However, this particular canvas, which depicts...
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Twilight
Read more...This painting belongs to the “reclusive” period in the art of Arkhip Kuinji, who stopped contributing to exhibitions after 1882. The artist did not show any new works to the public, preferring instea...
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Autumn Quagmire
Read more...Arkhip Kuinji ’s painting sums up the development of the motif of the road and the landscape in the age of Critical Realism. In such works, a large portion of the canvas was traditionally occupied by...
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Lake Ladoga
Read more...Arkhip Kuinji ’s canvas opens a series of north Russian landscapes painted in the direct aftermath of visits to Balaam. This picturesque island in the north of Lake Ladoga is home to the Balaam Monas...
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