Analysis of Baksheev's painting Blue Spring. Vasily Nikolaevich Baksheev

The purpose of the lesson: prepare to write an essay.

During the classes.

Nature's clear smile

Through a dream he greets the morning of the year,

The skies are blue and shining.

F. Tyutchev.

I . introduction teachers. Conversation.

Today we will talk about spring.

What are the first signs of spring in nature?

What do poets, artists, and musicians call spring? What poetic epithets do the people bestow upon her? (Morning of the year, blue spring, red spring).

Task: today we will prepare for an essay on a painting dedicated to this topic.

II . Listening to a fragment of E. Grieg’s play “Morning”.

Why did I choose this particular piece by Grieg as the musical epigraph for the lesson? (The light, gentle nature of the melody, the feeling of awakening happiness, nature gradually comes to life, is filled with vital juices).

III . Working from a painting.

Let's look at reproductions of Gerasimov's paintings "The Ice Has Gone" and Baksheev's "Blue Spring".

Their theme is common, but the pictures of spring are shown differently.

Determine what the tonality of these paintings is.

(Gerasimov’s work is early spring: there is still snow here and there, bare trees, hills, earth. The sky is cloudy, grayish in color. The general tone of the picture is gray. This picture is associated with the opening fragment of Grieg’s play).

(Baksheev depicts awakening spring. The overall tone of the picture is blue: blue sky, bluish birch trunks, bluish shadows on the grass. White birch trunks like streams against the sky. This is the blossoming of spring, but not yet full spring).

This is how M. Prishvin describes the spring of this time:

“Our spring begins with an increase in light.

January, February, early March - this is all the spring of light... Yes, happy is the one who can catch the beginning of the spring of light, grass, forest, spring of man.

When the spring of the world flares up after a snowy winter, all the people near the earth are worried, everyone is faced with the question of how spring will go this year - and every year spring comes different from last year, and never one spring is exactly the same as different."

Why does Prishvin put the spring of light, grass, forests and the spring of man on a par?

Why is no spring similar to another, is it not exactly the same as another? (a person grows, his perception of nature also changes).

We see how Gerasimov and Baksheev saw spring differently.

Which of the two paintings will we choose to work on?

Painting by Vasily Nikolaevich Baksheev. This is what the artist himself says about the melody of nature that aroused in him the idea of ​​the painting “Blue Spring”. Pay attention to the details the artist notices:

"Spring. There is no snow anywhere, the ground is almost dry. Everything is filled with warm air. It smells like rotten leaves, and here and there green grass grows through; On the sides of the country road along which I was walking, willow bushes were blooming, emitting a sweet, honey smell... Birds singing could be heard all around.

The openwork tops of birch trees, painted pinkish-yellow, with their buds in full bloom, are fancifully drawn against the blue background of the sky; The bluish-purple shadows from the trees stretch and intertwine with each other across the damp ground. Everything is full warm light spring sun. There is so much joy of life in this awakening of nature!”

And here’s what the artist’s friend, who wrote a book about him, writes about the painting:

“The most important thing is the blue background of the sky. The whole picture is permeated with his alluring charm. It's similar symphonic poem and creates a special sound for the landscape.

You look at this picture, and before you rises the blue spring of not only this particular corner of nature, but the spring of the entire earth, of all its vast expanses. And the eye involuntarily, of itself, embraces the entire immeasurable sea of ​​the sky, and all this rotten earth with spring shadows, and all the lace of birch trees stretching upward. The first feeling from “Blue Spring” is that the birches in the picture seem to be growing before your eyes, rushing upward.

Baksheev’s “Blue Spring” is perceived as the embodiment of a huge human dream.

What details in their statements did you notice? (Tone, slender birch trees, space)

IV . Preparing for an essay. Essay based on Baksheev’s painting “Blue Spring”. Title: “Hello, morning of the year,” “On the paths of the spring forest.”

Theme: "Blue Spring". the main idea: Spring is beautiful, spring is the morning of the year. It fills the heart with joy and anticipation of happiness.

Objects of description: spring, birch grove, thin white trunks, sky blue, light, transparent shadows, air, melody, lace of shadows, joy of awakening.

Let's draw up an essay plan and select working materials.

Plan.

Blue spring has come after a long wait for warmth and light.

Let's walk along the still wet paths of the birch grove.

The whole picture is permeated with the charm of the sky.

Fragrant, Fresh air chest overflowing.

It seems that the singing of birds and the movement of air merge into a symphony of spring.

The joy of awakening is felt together with nature.

Working materials.

Thin white trunks; directed upward, towards the light, growing before our eyes, a lace of shadows on the grass.

Creates the main sound of the landscape, subtle transitions from dark blue, purple to light turquoise, almost white.

The smell of rotten leaves, the smell of honey, the air flows, washing the thin tree trunks.

Intoxicating music, a charming melody overwhelms the soul.

Awakening new strength, I want to live.

V . Performing work with musical accompaniment.

VI . Checking what you have written.

“When you wander among nature, you see movement in the field, in the forest, in the clouds, everything breathes, everything lives, and how clearly, simply this is a phenomenon of life! How much bliss and happiness it is to see in the summer how the sun floods the fields, forests, waters and sky with its rays! The smell of the earth, the aroma of the forest - what a charm it is! There is a passionate desire to convey this on canvas. Convey the manifestation of life, its thrill. This is where you have to experience a series of charms and disappointments. It is difficult, oh so difficult, to convey what you see and what you feel. But what a great pleasure an artist experiences when he manages to give a piece of real life on canvas.”
Baksheev Vasily Nikolaevich.

Vasily Nikolaevich Baksheev
Blue Spring
Wood, oil. 44x57 cm
State Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow

Baksheev expressed his attitude towards nature with great insight.
Baksheev’s words well reveal the originality of his art - the artist’s delight in the face of nature and at the same time some kind of special, careful attitude towards it. There is a lot of clarity and purity of feeling in his works. They captivate with their deeply emotional content. These features were fully manifested in one of the best paintings Baksheev “Blue Spring” (1930).

This picture is a deeply felt story about eternally young nature. The clear blue of the sky peeking through the fragile, not yet greened branches, the delicate pinkish trunks of birch trees, the earth awakening to life, warmed by the first warm rays, are perfectly conveyed here. Artistic image this thin painting radiates peace. At the same time, there is a lot of cheerfulness and freshness in it, testifying to the bright, cheerful soul of the artist.

Baksheev does not strive to amaze the viewer with decorative brightness of color or unusualness, showiness compositional solution. The space calmly disappears into the depths of the picture, which imparts balance and proportionality to the composition. Groups of trees in the foreground seem to not allow the viewer to go deeper into the birch grove, holding his attention, inviting him to admire the whiteness of the trunks, their whimsical, lively and quivering pattern.

The color of the picture enhances the overall mood of peace, clarity and enlightenment. The combination of elusive shades of blue, pink, fawn, and golden tones gives rise to a feeling of purity and freshness of nature awakening after a long sleep. With incomparable skill, Baksheev combines the yellowness of last year’s foliage, the pinkish haze that enveloped the distant forest, the ringing blue of the sky and the pure whiteness of the trees. These four primary colors, given not locally, but with countless tonal transitions, create a sonorous and at the same time subtle and harmonious colorful chord.

In the painting “Blue Spring” Baksheev appears as a faithful successor to the classical tradition of Russian realistic landscape, represented by such artists as Levitan, Savrasov or Ostroukhoye. But there is something new in this work, indicating that its author is a painter of our Soviet era. This new thing is expressed in a joyful acceptance of life, in a bright view of the environment. Baksheev's painting is full of hope. The artist, as it were, affirms his faith in life, in the inexhaustible life-giving forces of nature, in man. Yes, into a person! Although he is not in the picture, the feelings and moods that it expresses are full of humanity, true humanity. Birch Grove, depicted by Baksheev at its most great time, in the days of spring, seems to invite the viewer to wander among the trees, enjoy the fresh smells of the earth, and turn his face to the gentle sun rays. This closeness to man is the great advantage of Baksheev’s painting, a true poet of Russian nature.

Abstract of the joint educational activities“Blue Spring” using unconventional painting techniques and ICT technologies.

Educational field: “Artistic - aesthetic development».

Theme: "Blue Spring".

Age group: average.

Type of activity: fine art ( unconventional drawing).

Integration educational areas: speech development, educational, physical development.

Goal: development of the visual potential of preschool children middle group means unconventional techniques drawing.

Educational:

1. Introduce children to the work of Vasily Baksheev using the example of the painting “Blue Spring”.

2. Expand children’s understanding of ways to obtain new colors and shades when working with gouache.

3. Learn to convey the spring mood in your works.

4. Develop the ability to create your own unique image, see and understand the differences in the works of various authors.

Educational:

1. Develop interest in visual arts, artistic taste, emotional feelings, figurative aesthetic perception, color perception.

2. Develop cognitive activity, attention, communication skills.

3. Develop fine motor skills hands, satisfy children's need for physical activity.

Educational:

1. Foster independence, accuracy, and the desire to achieve results.

2. Foster a sense of joy and satisfaction from creative work, empathy.

Equipment and materials:

Computer, projector with screen, easel, large image of a birch tree, oilcloth for each table;

Handouts according to the number of children (sheets of A5-sized landscape paper with stickers made of masking tape, gouache sets, brushes, sippy cups with water, napkins, felt-tip pens).

Progress of educational activities:

1. Introductory part.

The teacher invites all children to gather in the center group room.

Who wants to play with me a little? Come, don't be shy! Well done. Let's hold hands and say together:

Let's stand side by side, in a circle, and extend our hand to a friend.

If everyone smiles, a good morning will begin!

Guys, what time of year is it now? (Children's answer: spring).

That's right, the long-awaited spring has arrived. How did you guess? (Children list the signs of spring)

How smart you are, you know everything. Let's sit down on the carpet, close our eyes and listen to spring, its light steps. (Spring music starts on the computer)

Children listen to spring sounds (birds singing, drops, murmur of a stream) and name their source.

All nature rejoices in the warm spring sun: animals, plants, and people. Let's invite him to visit us:

Sunshine, bell,

Get up early, wake us up early!

We should run to the field and welcome spring!

2. Main part.

Guys, please look at the screen. (The painting “Blue Spring” by Vasily Baksheev appears)

What does it depict? (Children's answers) That's right, spring in the birch grove. This is a landscape by Vasily Nikolaevich Baksheev. Why do you think the author called this painting “Blue Spring”? (Children's answers)

Most The paintings are occupied by the sky. Pay attention to its color. It seems that Vasily Nikolaevich painted transparent, clean spring air. And this blueness is emphasized by the delicate beauties of birches.

Guys, what do you think the author of the picture wanted to convey to us? (children's answers). Let's try to draw with you similar picture, filled with the same beautiful spring mood.

Children sit at tables prepared to work with paint.

You and I are turning into real artists. In order for our picture to turn out beautiful and spring, we need to find suitable shade blue color. Let's mix blue and White color Let's see what shades we get. (Children mix paints and find a suitable option) Well done!

Let's stand up and give our fingers a rest:

The flower was sleeping and suddenly woke up. I didn't want to sleep anymore.

He moved, stretched, soared up and flew.

The sun just wakes up in the morning, the butterfly is spinning and curling.

Now you can start drawing the picture. Take your seats.

There are leaves in front of you. Strips of masking tape are glued to them. Let's imagine that these are our birch trees. Please note that the work must be placed vertically! Paint the entire surface of the sheet different shades blue. Look at the picture of Vasily Nikolaevich, how he distributed the shades of the sky. Get to work. Don’t forget to rinse your brushes in water and blot off excess moisture with a napkin.

Children draw to the accompaniment of spring music.

Well done, everyone did it beautiful work. While they dry, I suggest you relax and play.

The children walked through the forest and observed nature!

They looked up at the sun, and their rays warmed them.

Butterflies were flying and flapping their wings.

Let's clap together: one, two, three, four, five -

It's time for us to collect the bouquet!

One - sit down, two - sit down -

The lilies of the valley began to sing in my hands!

(Children repeat the movements in the text after adults)

Guys, our paintings are dry. Let's carefully remove the tape from them. (The teacher helps the children)

Look how beautiful it turned out. How crystalline and airy our sky looks! There’s just something missing from our birch trees. What should they add? (Children's answers)

That's right, you need to add horizontal black lines on the trunks. Let's not forget to draw long branches for our birches. Look what a beautiful birch tree came to visit us. (The teacher attaches a picture of a birch tree to the easel). Let's complete these elements with black markers.

3. Final part.

Children finish their works and bring them to the exhibition, admire their creativity, and share their impressions.

Look, guys, what different paintings you got it. All of them are filled with spring mood, the joy of awakening nature. You are real artists. All your work will be seen by your parents and our staff. Let them enjoy spring too!

Did you like drawing nature? What colors did we mix? For what? Which artist's work did we meet? (Children's answers)

thanks for beautiful paintings! Let's clean up our jobs together.

Baksheev Vasily Nikolaevich (1862-1958)

V. N. Baksheev belongs to the older generation of Soviet artists. His creative path began in the years when the luminaries of Russian created their works realistic art- Repin and Surikov, Levitan and Serov, Vereshchagin and Polenov. Baksheev took part in exhibitions of the Itinerants. His comrades were Arkhipov, Nesterov, K. Korovin, Yuon and many other wonderful Russian painters. At first, Baksheev worked as a genre artist, and only later, after the Great October Revolution socialist revolution, he was fascinated by landscape painting.

Thus, Baksheev, like some other masters who participated in the formation of Soviet art, directly touched life-giving source democratic Russian art second half of the 19th century- beginning of the 20th century.

The creativity of older generation masters has largely determined the face of our landscape painting. The image of the Motherland appears in their works not as a superficial description of certain places, but as an excited story about an infinitely beautiful nature that gives strength to a person, instilling in him bright and joyful hopes, as the experience of a deeply feeling person.

Such is the art of Baksheev the landscape painter. His paintings are distinguished by their truthfulness in conveying nature and their tender love for Russian nature. They contain a lot of peace and deep concentration, soulful attention to what is depicted. Most of all he loves spring and summer days when nature appears in all its richness of colors and vitality. The motives of Baksheev’s landscapes are distinguished by modesty, but the artist sees great poetic content even in the simplest.

Baksheev expressed his attitude towards nature with great insight. He wrote: “When you wander among nature, you see movement in the field, in the forest, in the clouds, everything breathes, everything lives, and how clear, just this is a phenomenon of life! How much bliss, happiness to see in the summer, how the sun floods fields and forests with its rays , water and sky! The smell of the earth, the aroma of the forest - what a charm it is! A passionate desire appears to convey this on canvas. To convey the manifestation of life, its thrill. This is where you have to experience a series of charms and disappointments. It is difficult, oh how difficult it is to convey that "You see and what you feel. But what a great pleasure the artist experiences when he manages to give a piece of real life on canvas."

Baksheev’s words well reveal the originality of his art - the artist’s delight in the face of nature and at the same time some kind of special, careful attitude towards it. There is a lot of clarity and purity of feeling in his works. They captivate with their deeply emotional content. These features were fully manifested in one of Baksheev’s best paintings, “Blue Spring” (1930).

This picture is a deeply felt story about eternally young nature. The clear blue of the sky peeking through the fragile, not yet greened branches, the delicate pinkish trunks of birch trees, the earth awakening to life, warmed by the first warm rays, are perfectly conveyed here. The artistic image of this delicate painting radiates peace. At the same time, there is a lot of cheerfulness and freshness in it, testifying to the bright, cheerful soul of the artist.

Baksheev does not strive to amaze the viewer with the decorative brightness of color or the unusualness and effectiveness of the compositional solution. The space calmly disappears into the depths of the picture, which imparts balance and proportionality to the composition. Groups of trees in the foreground seem to not allow the viewer to go deeper into the birch grove, holding his attention, inviting him to admire the whiteness of the trunks, their whimsical, lively and quivering pattern.

The color of the picture enhances the overall mood of peace, clarity and enlightenment. The combination of elusive shades of blue, pink, fawn, and golden tones gives rise to a feeling of purity and freshness of nature awakening after a long sleep. With incomparable skill, Baksheev combines the yellowness of last year’s foliage, the pinkish haze that enveloped the distant forest, the ringing blue of the sky and the pure whiteness of the trees. These four primary colors, given not locally, but with countless tonal transitions, create a sonorous and at the same time subtle and harmonious colorful chord.

In the painting "Blue Spring" Baksheev appears as a faithful successor to the classical tradition of Russian realistic landscape, represented by such artists as Levitan, Savrasov or Ostroukhov. But there is something new in this work, indicating that its author is a painter of our Soviet era. This new thing is expressed in a joyful acceptance of life, in a bright view of the environment. Baksheev's painting is full of hope. The artist, as it were, affirms his faith in life, in the inexhaustible life-giving forces of nature, in man. Yes, into a person! Although he is not in the picture, the feelings and moods that it expresses are full of humanity, true humanity. The birch grove, depicted by Baksheev at the most beautiful time, in the days of spring, seems to invite the viewer to wander among the trees, enjoy the fresh smells of the earth, and expose his face to the gentle rays of the sun. This closeness to man is the great advantage of Baksheev’s painting, a true poet of Russian nature.

V.N. Baksheev

V.N. Baksheev (1862-1958) lived long life hard worker V.N. Baksheev became an artist in the late 80s of the 19th century. Vasily Nikolaevich Baksheev connected his interests and aspirations with the activities

V.N. Baksheev “Peonies” 1957

His fellow students and artistic activity there were such painters as, I.I. S.V. Ivanov. Already at the beginning creative path V.N. Baksheev worked on landscapes, but it was his work that brought him fame.

V.N. Baksheev " Everyday prose» 1892-1893

These paintings are distinguished by the psychological accuracy of the characters, relationships, and fidelity to the setting. The artist reveals the dramatic content of the “everyday life” of the bourgeois environment, and sympathetically talks about the hard lot of workers.

V.N. Baksheev “Road in the Forest” 1925

After the revolution V.N. Baksheev, with his democracy and realistic style of painting, naturally became an active participant in the Association of Artists revolutionary Russia, created a number of paintings depicting new life.

V.N. Baksheev “Collective farmer” 1955

Gradually, the main genre in the work of V.N. Baksheev became, in which he achieved remarkable success, continuing the tradition coming from I. Levitan, M. Nesterov.

V.N. Baksheev “On the terrace” 1892

The most famous works are by V.N. Baksheeva: “A Girl Feeding Pigeons” (1887), “Everyday Prose” (1892-1893), “The First of May in Petrograd in 1917” (1927), “Road in the Forest” (1925). ), "The Last Snow" (1936).

V.N. Baksheev “Blue Spring” 1930

"Blue Spring" is one of the best landscapes V.N. Baksheeva. He writes his favorite time of the year - early spring. Many artists, including Levitan, addressed this topic, but Baksheev managed to reveal the beauty of the spring landscape in his own way.

The artist described his impressions that inspired him to create this painting as impressions of the earth, freed from snow and almost dry. The fragrant air fills everything; it smells like rotten leaves, and here and there the first grass emerges; along the road where the artist was walking, willows are blooming, emitting a sweet smell of honey. Birdsong can be heard. Against the blue background of the sky, delicate, yellowish-pink birch branches with unblown buds emerge; bluish-purple shadows from the trees stretch, intertwined with each other, along the wet ground. The whole place is filled with warm spring light. The artist wrote a sketch and began to paint the painting “Blue Spring” based on it.

In this painting, one of the main painting tasks for the artist was to convey bright sunlight. We feel how the sun dazzles with its brilliance, flares and flickers. The light permeates everything, some kind of blurriness appears in the outlines of trunks, shadows - all forms. Baksheev is a master of plein air. His color scheme is extremely accurate and surprisingly complex. The shades of color are difficult to define in words (pinkish, purple, soft green, yellowish, silver-gray), but the bright turquoise of the spring sky triumphs over everything. “Blue Spring” by V.N. Baksheeva is truly the “spring of light”.