Northern Idyll

1881–1923 · Workplace

Moscow

1887, 1892 and 1893

More trips to Paris

Korovin visits Paris again in 1887, 1892 and 1893; the painting of the French Impressionists makes a great impression on him.

1890s

An interest in Symbolism: Durnov and Balmont

After visiting Paris, Korovin becomes interested in Symbolism; back in Russia he attends lectures by the aesthete painter Modest Durnov and associates with the poet Konstantin Balmont. In these years he also paints The Muse.

1890s

Joins Mir iskusstva

In the 1890s Korovin becomes a member of the Mir iskusstva art group; he also exhibited with the Peredvizhniki.

1894

A northern journey with Serov

With his friend Valentin Serov, Korovin travels to the North — the Kola Peninsula, northern Norway and Swedish Lapland; the trip yields the landscapes Norwegian Port, St. Triphon’s Brook in Pechenga, Hammerfest: Aurora Borealis, The Coast at Murmansk and Arkhangelsk Port on the Dvina. Other accounts call it his second northern trip, coinciding with the construction of the Northern Railway.