Pictures of spring birds with descriptions. The most famous paintings by artists about spring
Russian artists extremely loved and love to depict spring landscapes. There are especially many paintings of this kind by the Itinerant artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. They went out into nature and made sketches from life, which had never happened before in Russian painting.
Today, while studying the theme “Spring” in children’s educational institutions, educators and teachers often turn to reproductions of paintings by famous Russian artists. Nowadays, in the age of photography and the ability to capture any moment of life, watch on video what you can no longer find in reality, it is especially difficult for children to understand why study paintings for a long time past centuries. But the fact is that the paintings do not simply capture a moment from life, as in a photograph: what they saw and experienced is processed by the thoughts and feelings of the artists, filled with love and only then transferred to the canvas. Thus, we see not only the landscape, but also feel the artist’s attitude towards it.
Spring in the paintings of Russian artists is represented in a very diverse way. This is both early spring (early March) and the riot of May greenery. The most famous paintings by Russian artists on the theme “Spring” are:
- A. Savrasova “The rooks have arrived”,
- I. Levitan “March”,
- "Spring. Big water»,
- A. Venetsianova “On the arable land. Spring",
- K. Yuona " March sun».
Paintings by Savrasov and Levitan depict the very beginning of spring. Savrasov’s work presents an unprepossessing rural landscape Kostroma region with a church and several houses. There is still snow around foreground- bare birch trees, here and there a ray of sun peeks through the clouds in the sky. It seems that the painting depicts winter. And only rooks nesting on birch trees say that spring has come.
In the paintings of Russian artists, as a rule, we see a field landscape, the countryside. This is the best place to watch the arrival of spring. So, in Levitan’s paintings we see a house with a porch, a horse harnessed to a cart; There is still snow, and only the spring-like bright sun and a harnessed horse indicate the arrival of spring. In the painting “Spring. Big Water" - again, fields flooded by a flooded river. Yuon’s painting also depicts March, the work is very similar to Levitan’s “March”: snow-covered fields are also painted, and only on the road from the village under bright sun riders are riding on horses.
Venetsianov's painting, unlike the previous ones, shows late spring, when the fields have already been sown and the shoots of the future harvest have appeared. A smartly dressed peasant woman leads a horse across a field under the bright sun. The work breathes warmth, light and the anticipation of a hot summer.
Of course, these are not all paintings by Russian artists about spring. They were created great amount, and each of them is good in its own way. On our website you can find reproductions of the paintings you need, print them or use them to develop a presentation for a lesson or festive event. Pictures will help make your story about this time of year interesting, colorful, exciting, and will provide an opportunity to present additional aspects.
Paintings by Russian artists not only clearly demonstrate some of the features of spring as a season: these changes can also be observed in nature. They are able to educate the younger generation through the prism of the artist’s perception. Each landscape is filled with love for Russian nature, its gloomy sky, vast expanses, and is filled with light sadness, so characteristic of the Russian landscape. These feelings are subconsciously transmitted to the viewer when he looks at the picture. So, by demonstrating reproductions of paintings about spring in the lessons of literature, language, natural history, reading, etc., you can morally elevate the children, bring them closer to the perception of the world as a living being. This is the main task of painting.
A selection of the most famous paintings
Vasnetsov “The rooks have arrived”
Levitan "Spring. Big water"
Venetsianov “On the arable land. Spring"
Paintings by other artists:
Calendar spring has already come into its own. More and more often, walking down the street, we feel the warmth of the sun's rays, we increasingly notice puddles in the courtyards and know for sure that the roads will soon turn into stormy spring rivers. Spring gives each of us its own impressions: while some are afraid to get their feet wet and complain about the dirt and slush, others exchange their fur coats for light raincoats and put on colored rubber boots.
What can I say, we all experience spring in our own way. Let's turn our attention to the classics - immortal paintings, let's try to see this extraordinary time of year with our eyes famous artists. Great poets who sang so different poems spring days, will help us penetrate into the intentions of the authors of paintings!..
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (1842 – 1910)
Undoubtedly, it is worth starting with the outstanding innovator in the field of painting and talented teacher A.I. Kuindzhi. He is rightly called the “master of light”. Colorful, impressive, living canvases dedicated to Russian nature have become a real event in art. The poems of M. Lermontov very subtly and accurately convey the mood of his paintings:
When the ice is broken in spring
It flows like an excited river,
When among the fields in some places
The bare earth turns black
And the darkness lies in clouds
To the hollow fields...
M. Lermontov
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1830)
Early spring,1890-1895
Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov (1830-1897)
Another outstanding painter, master of Russian landscape - A.K. Savrasov. His canvases very subtly and soulfully convey simplicity, touching sadness and deep essence native nature. But his no less famous student, I. Levitan, said the best thing about the artist: “With Savrasov, lyricism appeared in landscape painting and boundless love for his native land.”
Songs of the larks again
They rang in the heights.
“Dear guest, great!” –
They say spring.
The sun is already warming,
The skies have become more beautiful...
Soon everything will turn green -
Steppes, groves and forests...
A. Pleshcheev 
The rooks have arrived, 1871 
Thaw, 1874 
Spring day, 1873 
Early spring, 1868, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860 – 1900)
You all know the commandment: “You shall not make yourself an idol.” Alas, I cannot resist and note that since childhood, the work of I.I. Levitan gave me no rest. This outstanding painter studied with no less famous artists and teachers: A.K. Savrasova, V.G. Perov and V.D. Polenova. The depth of spaces, the movement of air, the fullness and “sound” of the river - all this is physically felt just by looking at his paintings. The poem by the classic of Russian poetry F. Tyutchev perfectly conveys the mood of the spring paintings of I. Levitan:
The snow is still white in the fields,
And in the spring the waters are noisy -
They run and wake up the sleepy shore,
They run and shine and shout...
They say all over:
"Spring is coming, spring is coming,
We are messengers of young spring,
She sent us ahead!
F. Tyutchev
(fragment of the poem " Spring waters", 1829)
March, 1895 
Spring. Big water, 1897
Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky (1875 – 1944)
Another talented student of V.D. Polenova, V.A. Serova, S.A. Korovina, I.I. Levitan, who rightfully received the title of master - S.Yu. Zhukovsky. With large strokes, elaboration of details, color nuances, contrasts of light and shadow, he perfectly conveys the feeling of spring, impending changes and the awakening of nature.
Wave after wave rolls
Into the immeasurable ocean...
Winter gave way to spring,
And the hurricane howls less often;
Merciless time does not wait,
It is in a hurry to meet a deadline;
The fields and fields of the rich are a burden,
The white snow has disappeared...
ON THE. Nekrasov
spring water 
Spring 
Spring 
Early Spring (Gazebo in the Park), 1910 
Spring bubbling stream, 1913 
Spring evening, 1904 
Spring, 1913 
Spring
Ilya Semenovich Ostroukhov (1858 – 1929)
Another phenomenon of Russian painting is the canvases of I.S. Ostroukhova. This extraordinarily gifted man, with an excellent education and erudition, who had played the piano since childhood, became interested in painting by the age of twenty, which did not prevent him from achieving extraordinary heights in his new field. In the paintings of I.S. Ostroukhov combines a soft impressionistic style of writing and the poetics of a lyrical landscape, close to the paintings of I.I. Levitan. Very accurately the mood of his works dedicated to spring is conveyed by A.T.’s poem. Tvardovsky:
The snow will darken blue
Along country roads,
And the waters will go low
Into the still transparent forest...
A.T. Tvardovsky
(fragment of the poem "The snow will darken blue")
In early spring 
Early spring
Witold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya (1872 - 1957)
An outstanding painter, student of S.A. Korovina, V.D. Polenova, I.M. Pryanishnikova, I. Levitan. Under the influence of artists, he became interested in landscapes and reached extraordinary heights. Subtly feeling Russian nature, its mood and some naivety, he conveyed these sensations to the viewer through his paintings.
Across the river the meadows turned green,
The light freshness of water emanates;
More merriment rang through the groves
Bird songs in different ways...
I. Bunin
(fragment of a poem, 1893) 
Spring, 1899
Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon (1875 – 1958)
K.F. Yuon is rightfully considered an academician of lyrical landscape. Paintings Everyday life depicted on his canvases show everyday life and mood Russian people. In his characteristic manner, combining the technique of impressionism and elaboration of fine details, the artist created bright and memorable paintings. Cloths by K.F. Yuon on the theme of spring, to enhance their expressiveness, we will “illustrate” with a poem by A. Fet:
More fragrant spring bliss
She didn’t have time to come down to us,
The ravines are still full of snow,
Even before dawn the cart rattles
On the frozen path...
A. Fet
(fragment of a poem)
Sunny day. Spring, 1876 
March sun, 1915
Isaac Ilyich Levitan 
Spring in Italy, 1890 
Spring. The last snow, 1895 
Spring. White lilac. 1890s.
Alexey Kondratyevich Savrasov 
Rural view, 1867, Tretyakov Gallery
Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky 
Spring (The River Opened Up), 1903 
Old manor. May. 
In May
Window to the forest 
Window to the forest
Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon 
May morning. Nightingale place. Ligachevo, 1915 
Spring in the Trinity Lavra, 1911
Wave after wave rolls
Into the immeasurable ocean...
Winter gave way to spring,
And the hurricane howls less often;
Merciless time does not wait,
It is in a hurry to meet a deadline;
The fields and fields of the rich are a burden,
The white snow has disappeared...
ON THE. Nekrasov
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1839)
Ivan Avgustovich Velts 
In spring in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, 1896
Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin 
Last snow 
Early spring
Victor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov 
May flowers, 1894 
Spring
Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar 
Last snow 
March snow, 1904 
May evening, 1905
Songs of the larks again
They rang in the heights.
“Dear guest, great!” –
They say spring.
The sun is already warming,
The skies have become more beautiful...
Soon everything will turn green -
Steppes, groves and forests...
A. Pleshcheev
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1861)
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky 
Breath of spring, 1910
Turzhansky Leonard Viktorovich (1875-1945) 
Last snow 
Spring in the western region, 1910 
Spring. Moscow courtyard
Before spring there are days like this:
The meadow rests under the dense snow,
The dry and cheerful trees are rustling,
And the warm wind is gentle and elastic.
And the body marvels at its lightness,
And you won’t recognize your home,
And the song that I was tired of before,
Like new, you eat with excitement.
A. Akhmatova
Venetsianov Alexey Gavrilovich (1780-1847) 
On the arable land. Spring
Endogurov Ivan Ivanovich 
The beginning of spring
Bryullov Pavel Alexandrovich 
Spring, 1875
Vasilkovsky Sergey Ivanovich 
Spring
Bashkirtseva Maria Konstantinovna (1860-1884) 
Spring
Spring in the paintings of Russian artists is fraught with the tenderness of the awakening of nature from winter sleep in the bright colors of the sun, reflected in the brilliance of the melting March snow, V rich colors grass stretching towards the sun, leaves and blossoms of spring landscapes.
The painting by the Itinerant artist Alexei Savrasov has become one of the key paintings in Russian painting. This picture is a quiet hymn to Russian nature, to spring, which is just beginning, spring mood which is just awakening in us.
Pyotr Konchalovsky reveals to us the richness of the world of painting in this work. The painting “Lilacs in a Basket” evokes silent delight, striking with its riot of colors and brightness. Pyotr Petrovich dedicated many of his paintings to lilacs. By the way, he was an excellent gardener and loved to grow flowers.
Isaac Levitan, the great Russian landscape artist, called his painting “Big Water.” It depicts the spring flood. Water - a flooded river - occupies most canvases. It is blue, cold, clean, smooth, like a mirror surface. It reflects pure blue sky, light clouds and still bare trees - a grove flooded by the river. Thin trees look defenseless and touching. Among them are trees that are almost obligatory for the Russian landscape - birches. Backlit by the sun, they appear pink.
Before us is a painting by the famous Russian landscape painter Isaac Levitan - “March”.
Looking at this canvas, undoubtedly, we are imbued with the mood that the artist wanted to convey to us. The picture is imbued with a feeling of anticipation and longing. This is also evidenced by a humble horse with a sleigh, standing alone near the house, waiting for its owner.
The most famous painting by Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon is “March Sun”. This landscape reveals to us the joyful feeling of the imminent arrival of spring, although the entire earth is wrapped in a snow-white blanket of snow. White-faced birches, gathered in a circle, are impatiently awaiting the arrival of spring, which will give them bright green, new clothes. And the old hornbeams, wriggling, slowly stretch their heavy branches towards sunlight. The March rays gild and blind the roofs of houses and the bare tops of trees. carved village houses, bending over a little, they expose their sides to the warm March sun, knowing for sure that, although the warmth is deceptive, spring will soon come into its own.
In this painting, the artist S.A. Vmnogradov depicted only the very beginning of spring. Early spring. The snow is still thick, and to get to the house you have to make a path. The sky is fraught with anxiety, and although gray winter clouds hang over the world, blue shreds of spring radiance are already tearing them here and there.
Pay attention to the colors. The trees seem to be deliberately colorful spring colors, as if overtaking the awakening of nature, despite the still wet bare branches, they are endowed with succulent bright colors, foreshadowing the approach of the long-awaited warmth.
Konstantin Yuon’s painting “Spring Sunny Day” lifts your spirits at first sight. There are so many bright ones there multi-colored paints, so much light and sun, so many joyful emotions. This is a complex composition - a city landscape and conversation piece With in large groups of people. The author, from some small elevation, perhaps from a steep hillock, looks at a provincial town, bathed in sunlight.
A.G. Venetsianov portrayed not an ordinary peasant woman, but fairy tale image spring, embodied in beautiful woman. It was precisely this beautiful, light, elegant, young spring that seemed to him, lightly walking on the earth, renewing the world, calming children, leading nature. In the distance there are two more similar groups working, which triples the image and suggests that spring is coming everywhere.
Ilya Semenovich Ostroukhov (1858-1929) was born and raised in Moscow and devoted all his work to the landscapes of central Russia. One of his most famous paintings, located in the State Tretyakov Gallery is the painting “The First Greens”, painted in 1887-1888.
For those who know and love the Moscow region, the painting “The First Greens” will be easily recognizable - there are so many such cozy and sweet corners of nature in these places. AND mixed forest, in which spruce, birch, maple and linden trees coexist, and small picturesque rivers, on the banks of which they sit fabulous Alyonushki- all this will be immediately recognized by those who grew up among this beauty.
They write prose about spring, and devote poetry to spring. And, of course, the paintings are dedicated to spring. We bring to your attention small selection paintings by Russian artists on the theme of spring.
Poems and spring
“Before spring there are days like this:
The meadow rests under the dense snow,
The dry and cheerful trees are rustling,
And the warm wind is gentle and elastic.
And the body marvels at its lightness,
And you won’t recognize your home,
And the song that I was tired of before,
Like new, you’ll eat with excitement.”
Anna Akhmatova
Berggolts Richard Alexandrovich
Awakening of Spring
1911, oil on canvas, 80 x 160 cm, Omsk regional museum fine arts them. M.A.Vrubel
“The day was sunny and windy, the kind of day when you can go around the corner of the house, hide from the wind, press your back against the wall slightly warmed by the sun and feel with all your heart the joy of the arrival of spring and warmth... Stand, squint your eyes and smile.”
Evgeny Grishkovets, “Rivers”
Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich
Forest in spring
1884, x. m. 142 x 105 cm, Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum
As you know, Ivan Shishkin often turned in his works to the theme of the life of the Russian forest, Russian meadows and fields; he is improving in conveying the state of nature, the expression of images, and the purity of the palette. This is how the painting “Forest in Spring” (1884) is born, which combines both majesty and warm notes.
Early spring. Thaw
1880s, x. m., 68x54 cm., Art Gallery them. B.M. Kustodieva. Astrakhan
In his work, Savrasov paid a lot of attention to the theme of the seasons, and especially loved spring. In his paintings, the artist knew how to see beauty in the most ordinary and prosaic landscape.
Alexey Kondratyevich Savrasov
The Rooks Have Arrived
1871, oil on canvas, 48.5x62 cm, Tretyakov Gallery
The painting “The Rooks Have Arrived” is the most famous work Savrasova. The subject of the painting was taken by the artist in the ordinary village of Molvitino. Immediately after the show, the canvas was bought by P. Tretyakov for his collection. And over time, the painting, the very name of which already conceals the joyful arrival of spring, became an example of simple beauty in Russian landscape painting: the whole landscape is filled with warm spring air, as joyfully chirping birds and all nature are looking forward to the imminent arrival of sunny and warm days.
Isaac Ilyich Levitan
Spring. Big water
1897, oil on canvas, 64.2x57.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery
Another artist loving spring- Isaac Levitan, decided to depict in one of his paintings his favorite time during the period of his strongest manifestation. The picture reveals a flood that has captured part of the coastal forest and several village buildings. Since the artist tried to convey the Russian spring as accurately as possible, without embellishing anything, the palette of the painting is unusually modest, but truthful and realistic. And nature does not need decorations.
Kuindzhi A.I.
Early spring. 1890-1895
I. Levitan "Spring. Big Water."
Isaac Levitan, the great Russian landscape artist, called his painting “Big Water.” It depicts the spring flood. Water - a flooded river - occupies most of the canvas. It is blue, cold, clean, smooth, like a mirror surface. It reflects the clear blue sky, light clouds and still bare trees - a grove flooded by the river. Thin trees look defenseless and touching. Among them are trees that are almost obligatory for the Russian landscape - birches. Backlit by the sun, they appear pink.
I. Levitan "March"
Nature basks in the warm sun rays. On the left we see a forest awaiting spring. The picture here is strikingly different. Coniferous greenery casts dark shadows. It is obvious that winter cold reigns in the forest, the colors are gloomy and dark. The March sunny rays have not yet had time to warm the gloomy blue-green spruce trees, but I really want the sun to illuminate their scowling crowns with bright golden light! This will happen soon, because it’s March!
F. A. Vasilyeva "Thaw" "
The picture is made in gray-brown tones. She emanates coldness and sadness. Despite the shades, we can understand that this is truly the beginning of spring. The snow is melting, as if taking the cold and cold with it. A road washed away by wheels is like the beginning of a new path. Birds flock to the road in search of food after a harsh winter.
V. Kudrevich "Morning of Spring"
The birch grove sparkles with the reflections of the morning dew. Young foliage, breathing a feeling of spring freshness and purity, is permeated with soft sunlight. And around is a fragrant carpet of green grass and flowers, among which one can discern soft blue snowdrops and bright yellow coltsfoot inflorescences.
The sky is made in gray shades, and the trees in the background are shrouded in a light haze. Because of this, the vegetation in the foreground looks even more voluminous and rich, shimmers and plays with bright colors.
A. G. Venetsianov "On the arable land. Spring"
We see in the picture a plowed field in early spring. Somewhere along the edges greenery is breaking through, it is clearly visible on the front, untouched edge of the field. At the right edge there are several thin trees green near a strange beveled stump. A very elegant woman in a pink sundress and a beautiful kokoshnik easily leads two strong horses pulling a harrow along the plowed land. Woman walking in the arable land barefoot, walking very lightly, as if she were dancing, with a smile on her face.
