100 Great Artists

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1871

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AlEXEI SAVRASOV

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k:xci s,,'t:tS<'" ''"is ,he 111('" Iyricol - I~ndscopc eiasses of s,,'t .. «,v at thl: ,\10""'''''

and named 'litther' _ of tl-.: Russian Sehe ... 1 ,'(Painting, Lc,;un ""''''I:d ,he Sehe ... 1

bnd,copists, ]-]e ... as a fO<D1'~ ng ., ,hinc"" .nd studied ,I-.:", ~" ,en J""'S be~,,,,

ml:mb", of the t:tdicol W.ndc:rl:rS group in tn,'cliing to I'a,is whc", he Came urol<..-the

1863. togr:tl-.:r with Klod, and Shishkin. Tne <Tc:t,i,'e inn""nCt: of ,\ lone"

group formed in re,'olt .gainst 'he stiRing Lc"iun "' ... s ab" • lifdong fri""d of thl:

int",nat;onal nc<> __ cl.ssi<i'm that preniled I~ar ... 'igh, Chl:lOl', Hot h men kit emotionally

against any R ussian g<:nrc. "'.::ting "" a co- bourol tn tbe R",-,ian bnd'''~pe and conscious

o pct:t';,I:. thl: \ \'an,k:",rS organiu,1 tnt"dling ,ha, the coun'ry's hi,,,,,), '''"is writt"n upon it. A

cxhibitiof)s ,,( their worl.:. Their 1"'HJflS wc", to k"J-' example ,,( I.nittn', '1",,,.1' landscape wor k

b-c found ammg ,\1()s{'('w's me",h'n' cia". is Th, VladmirJ:a /{(Jild. 'hc high", ... y n, Sib",i •.

many of wh,." wen:: diset:ming art {'(,Dc"'"rs.

I ... k I.e.'itan (1860_1900) .ttcnd"l 'he

along ""hieh s" many prisonerS " ... Iled to

,I-.:ir ,Ie"hs.

Tb-c Rooks I b,'e Returned (1871) by Alcxci S.v",-",,'

Th, "mun of ,bnooi; to a r,",,'ly fr""'" land rignaJftb, tran,ition fro,"

"-im,,, to 'f'Ying a, tb, hird; r"'uild tb, r(J()}"y_ Til< Ilrtist bad trat~JJ,d

,,-itkly in tb, ""rib"", pra"n= of /{""ia and b, fr'qum,/y pain"d ,,-im,.,-

IarulsaJ/"S and tM ",ming tbtr",