Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832–1898)

a master of fine art, 15 Jan. 2011

This review is from: Shishkin Album (Paperback)
A wonderful introduction to Russian artist Ivan Shishkin, this book consists mainly of colour and b/w plates of his works. Shishkin paints the most realistic paintings I have ever seen; you look at his studies of pine forests and wonder if it isn't really a photo. There is a 30 page introduction to his work, and also a brief biography complete with photos. A great book to have on hand when you're reading Tostoy- helps you imagine the countryside he was describing… (lisätietoja)

Joint publication by Aurora Art Publishers St Petersburg and Pan Books; wonderfully illustrated with colour reproductions of this superb artist's landscapes. The finest painter of trees and a landscape artist who knocks Constable and most British landscape artists into a cocked hat. I first saw his work in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in the middle 1990s and was delighted to find this in a charity shop in Berwick upon Tweed - ended up buying another copy on abebooks for my father as he also fell in love with it!… (lisätietoja)