Еловый лес, Ivan Shishkin, 19th century, late
Ivan Shishkin, portraitIvan Shishkin1832–1898

Еловый лес

19th century, late · Painting · 73 × 104 cm

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Where is “Еловый лес” now? Collection: Novgorod State Integrated Museum Reserve, Veliky Novgorod. Unknown.

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
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The museum

About the painting

Museum text in Russian

Изображен густой лес, стволы деревьев уходят в высоту. На переднем плане - небольшая полянка, покрытая мхом, с просветами солнца на ней. Подпись внизу вправо: "И.Ш. 1888 г."

Novgorod State Integrated Museum Reserve

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Accession number
РЖ-108

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In the life of Ivan Shishkin

The whole life
  1. 1864–1865

    Düsseldorf

    He moved to Düsseldorf and attended the Düsseldorf art school; his pen drawings were placed in the Düsseldorf museum alongside works by Achenbach and Lessing.

  2. 1865

    Title of Academician

    For "View in the Environs of Düsseldorf," painted in Düsseldorf on commission from the collector N. Bykov, the Imperial Academy of Arts conferred on Shishkin the title of academician.

  3. 1867

    World's Fair in Paris

    At the 1867 Exposition Universelle he showed several drawings and the painting "View in the Environs of Düsseldorf."

  4. 1871

    "Pine Forest" at the 1st Peredvizhniki Exhibition

    The painting "Pine Forest. Mast-Timber Forest in Vyatka Province" was shown at the 1st Peredvizhniki exhibition in St. Petersburg, drew uniformly favorable reviews, and attracted the attention of Pavel Tretyakov; in March 1872 it won first prize in the competition of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts.

  5. 1873

    Title of Professor

    The Academy of Arts conferred the title of professor on Shishkin for his painting "Forest Wilderness," which it had acquired from him.

  6. 8 March 1898

    Died

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