Birch Grove is a realistic landscape oil painting created by Russian Levitan (1860 ~ 1900) in 1888, translated into birch grove.
Levitan is one of the important representatives of Russian critical realism art in landscape painting in the19th century. Levitan once went to Italy, Switzerland and France for investigation and recuperation due to overwork, and was exposed to the impressionism external light painting method that was emerging in France at that time, which had a certain influence on his painting style. In this "White Birch Forest", Levitan tries to describe the light and air feeling of sunlight in the white birch forest, which has a distinct impressionist painting style.
Levitan's works are full of patriotism, delicate sentiment, poetic scenes and nationalist thoughts and feelings. Bai Hua Cong is such a landscape painting, the painter's lyrical technique.
Levitan's landscape paintings are generally based on ordinary rural scenery, which endows nature with special significance. The 24-year-old young painter and the great writer Chekhov became close friends. Inspired by Chekhov, Levitan was closer to people with democratic ideas and made his landscape art more meaningful.
/kloc-In the 1990s of 0/9, the rise of the Russian democratic movement had a positive impact on the painter's thoughts. Like Chekhov, he showed excitement, joy and confidence in life in his works. Levitan's works always have immortal composition and concise artistic language. He highly summarized the natural scenery and shaped the comprehensive image of Russian nature with profound thoughts.
Chekhov said, "He was a great and unique genius. His works were so sober and powerful that they should have caused a change. Unfortunately, he died too early." His life is bumpy, but his paintings are full of hope and joy, flashing "sunshine that can make a tired heart happy"
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-White Birch