Dear children and dear parents, hello! Spring is in the yard, nature is gradually awakening from sleep. As Fyodor Tyutchev noted,

Nature has not woken up yet

But through thinning sleep

She heard spring

And she smiled involuntarily.

Spring was loved not only by poets. Russian landscape painters often depicted spring motifs, they liked to paint on canvas the first rays of the sun and the melting March waters, the first young grass and the blue sky.

Today our material is on the topic of art, because we will consider the paintings of Russian artists about spring, look for the beauty of mother nature in them and talk about it with the brush of an artist.

Lesson plan:

What did the artists see in the Russian spring?

On the canvases of famous Russian artists, early spring is often found. This is always the hidden tenderness of nature awakened after a winter sleep, when sunlight is reflected in the melting March snow. Landscape painters such as Alexei Savrasov, Isaac Levitan, Konstantin Yuon, Sergei Vinogradov, Arkhip Kuindzhi are true masters of the artistic brush, who managed to convey a joyful spring mood.

You do not need to be somewhere in the middle of a field or forest, just look at the pictures and feel the fresh wind or spicy air, hear or murmur of a stream. Each canvas painted by Russian artists helps to find harmony with nature in anticipation of the new life that spring brings. Even the titles of their works already speak of the arrival of spring.

And now I propose to move from a general description of the works of famous Russian landscape painters to specific canvases.

Savrasov rooks

The most famous, probably, of all the pictures about spring, the name of which "Rooks have arrived" is heard by every second. We, as schoolchildren, also wrote based on this work by a Russian artist. Why is she so eye-catching?

So, the main theme is the beginning of spring, which the landscape painter managed to convey with extraordinary accuracy. The gray-brown range of colors tells us that spring is just waking up from its winter sleep. A simple and seemingly unpretentious landscape begins with melting dirty snow and bare birch trees in the foreground.

But you just have to look! On the right, snowdrifts have long turned into thawed patches, indicating that it will be warm a little more, thereby filling the picturesque air with spring freshness. The sky also says that winter is giving up its rights. Blue is visible through the clouds.

If you look carefully, you will certainly notice a temple visible through the birch trees. Remarkably, the sketches were painted by the author from nature in the Kostroma province, and the Church of the Resurrection today stands in the same place.

Savrasov completed the painting he had begun already in Moscow, the finished canvas appeared in 1871. The presentation of the work turned the whole world of painting of those times upside down. Called "a hymn to Russian nature", it immediately attracted the attention of connoisseurs of painting. The well-known art lover Tretyakov immediately acquired it for the collection, which is stored in the Tretyakov Gallery.

Well, of course, the main harbingers are the arriving rooks, which stuck around the bare branches of birch trees. There is no longer any doubt: spring is on the doorstep!

This is interesting! Savrasov’s painting impressed art lovers so much that replicas were ordered to the author already in 1872 - this is the name of the copies that the artist painted, changing somewhere the size, somewhere the brightness of the colors, and in some he added details. In 1997, a canvas with rooks and a portrait of the artist settled on a Sberbank commemorative coin of 2 rubles.

Rural spring Levitan

The baton is taken over by Isaac Levitan, a well-known lover of landscapes. Known for his painting called "Spring has come", which is one of his most lyrical works. The canvas was painted in 1896 while visiting friends in the Moscow region.

The plot of the picture is quite simple - the artist tried to convey to us one of the warm days of early spring in the countryside. Its main part is the earth, only freed from snow. The first grass has already broken through in some places, but the trees are not ready to come to life after a winter sleep and stand undressed in greenery. The village huts frowned gloomily in the corners, waiting for the spring warmth, between which a gusty wind walks.

In the background, behind the fence, endless fields and forests are spread in a turquoise haze. The sky is still cold until warmed by the sun. The author collected all this in one landscape, trying to show that winter is about to give way, even though spring is just beginning to step on its heels.

The uniqueness of this work by Levitan lies in the fact that he used different techniques - drawing with gouache, filling, shading with a pencil and pen, as well as whitewash.

This is interesting! For 20 years of his work, having started working with Savrasov, the artist went around his teacher and created so much for Russian art that no other landscape painter could manage.

Vinogradov's spring motives

The painting by the famous artist Sergei Vinogradov “Spring” is a real celebration of awakening nature. Surprisingly bright and festive, it breathes sunlight all over, and the first spring warmth is everywhere - in the bright blue sky, almost melted snow and tree trunks stretching upwards.

It is already noticeable that fresh greenery is breaking through last year's withered grass. Although there are still areas of land covered with snow, their days are numbered - the bright sun is about to melt the winter cold. Even the old house has already wept with a drop of icicles, having dried the roof under the sun's rays, and put its side under the spring warmth. This work of the artist evokes joyful feelings in anticipation of changes in nature.

This is interesting! The famous landscape painter Sergei Vinogradov is considered the heir of Levitan. In addition to nature, in 1914-1917 he painted postcards on a military theme.

Yuonovskoe "March Sun"

The most famous work of Konstantin Yuon called "March Sun", written in 1915, carries a spring mood. Its blue tones, in which the sky is dressed, and the snow that has not yet melted, give a feeling of lightness and serenity, as if assuring that everything is already behind - the frosts have been experienced, a warm spring is ahead.

The artist tried to convey a sense of joy to the first days of spring on an ordinary weekday. Against the backdrop of houses, guys are riding horses along a village street, and it seems that we hear the crunch of snow under our hooves. A dog and a foal flirting with each other also rejoice in spring. The roofs and tops of the trees are illuminated by March rays, and light clouds are slowly floating across the blue sky.

The picture is permeated with frosty March air, but very soon streams will run along these rural streets, and birds will chirp joyfully on the trees.

This is interesting! In addition to painting, Yuon was fond of artistic graphics and designed theatrical performances.

Spring near Kuindzhi

Arkhip Kuindzhi is considered a master of lighting effects. He skillfully created his landscapes by combining light and shadow. His cheerful and lyrical painting "Early Spring" was painted in 1895. In the center of the master's work is a river, still frozen in anticipation of the spring flood. The first water appears through the cracks, and this means that the heat is getting closer and closer.

Spring is impatiently awaited by the blue sky, bare branches of trees, and grass breaking through. The whole composition of Kuindzhi's painting suggests that it will no longer be possible to stop it. The bright colors that the author used add saturation and create a feeling of joy, and the light flooding the whole picture allows you to feel the arrival of the spring period. Airiness gives the transition of color shades from the sky to the water.

A lonely birch on the river bank, slightly leaning towards the water, stretches its branches into the sky. A little more, and it will be covered with fresh leaves. The thawed patches in the foreground also speak of the last breath of winter.

This is interesting! Kuindzhi learned to draw while being a retoucher in a photo studio. He bequeathed his entire fortune of 453,300 rubles accumulated from the sale of paintings to the Society of Artists. The painting "Early Spring" is an exposition of the Ukrainian Museum of Art in Kharkov.

There are many other paintings, no less famous, that describe this wonderful time of the year. If you are interested, you can independently study the landscapes of other famous Russian artists and try to write mini-essays on them.

And that's all for today.

With wishes of spring mood, ShkolaLa!

The calendar spring has already come into its own. More and more often, walking along the street, we feel the warmth of the sun's rays, more and more we notice puddles in the courtyards and we know for sure that the roads will soon turn into turbulent spring rivers. Spring gives each of us its own impressions: while some are afraid to get their feet wet and complain about mud and slush, others change their fur coats for light raincoats and put on colored rubber boots.
What can I say, we all feel spring in our own way. Let's turn our attention to the classics - immortal paintings, try to see this extraordinary time of the year through the eyes of famous artists. The great poets who sang such different spring days in verse will help us to penetrate into the intentions of the authors of the paintings!..

Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (1842 - 1910)
Undoubtedly, it is worth starting with an outstanding innovator in the field of painting and a talented teacher A.I. Kuindzhi. He is rightly called the "master of light". Colorful, impressive, lively 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 broken ice in the spring
An excited river goes
When among the fields in places
The bare earth turns black
And the darkness falls in clouds
To the semi-young fields...
M. Lermontov
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1830)

Early spring, 1890-1895

Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov (1830-1897)
Another outstanding painter, master of the Russian landscape - A.K. Savrasov. His canvases very subtly and penetratingly convey simplicity, touching sadness and the deep essence of native nature. But the best thing about the artist was his, no less famous, student - I. Levitan: "With Savrasov, lyricism appeared in landscape painting and boundless love for his native land."

Songs of the larks again
They rang in the sky.
"Dear guest, great!" -
They say spring.

The sun is already warmer,
The skies are getting brighter...
Everything will be green soon
Steppes, groves and forests…
A. Pleshcheev



Rooks have arrived, 1871


Thaw, 1874


Spring day, 1873


Early Spring, 1868, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860 - 1900)
All of you know the commandment: "Do not make yourself an idol." Alas, I cannot resist and note that since childhood, the work of I.I. Levitan did not give me rest. This outstanding painter studied with no less famous artists and teachers: A.K. Savrasova, V.G. Perov and V.D. Polenov. The depth of spaces, the movement of air, the fullness and "sound" of the river - all this is physically felt with just one look at his paintings. The poem of the classic of Russian poetry F. Tyutchev perfectly conveys the mood of the spring canvases of I. Levitan:

Snow is still whitening in the fields,
And the waters are already rustling in the spring -
They run and wake up the sleepy shore,
They run, and shine, and say ...

They say all over the place:
"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, attention to detail, color nuances, contrasts of light and shadow, he perfectly conveys the feeling of spring, coming changes and the awakening of nature.

Wave after wave
Into the immeasurable ocean...
Winter turned to spring
And the hurricane howls less often;
Ruthless time does not wait,
It is in a hurry for the term;
Fields and cornfields of the rich burden,
The whitening snow has disappeared ...
ON THE. Nekrasov

spring water


Spring


Spring

Early Spring (Arbor 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. Ostroukhov. This extraordinarily gifted man, with an excellent education and erudition, who played the piano since childhood, became interested in painting by the age of twenty, which did not prevent him from reaching extraordinary heights in a new field. In the canvases of I.S. Ostroukhov combines the soft impressionistic style of writing and the poetics of the lyrical landscape, close to the canvases of I.I. Levitan. Very accurately, the mood of his works dedicated to spring is conveyed by A.T. Tvardovsky:
The snows will darken blue
Along country roads
And the waters will go down
In the still transparent forest ...
A.T. Tvardovsky
(fragment of the poem "The snows will darken blue")

In early spring


Early spring

Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya (1872 - 1957)
An outstanding painter, student of S.A. Korovina, V.D. Polenova, I.M. Pryanishnikov, I. Levitan. Under the influence of artists, he became interested in landscape and reached extraordinary heights. Subtly feeling Russian nature, its mood and some naivety, he conveyed these feelings to the viewer through his paintings.

Beyond the river the meadows are green,
It breathes with light freshness of water;
More cheerfully rang through the groves
Songs of birds 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 the lyrical landscape. Paintings Everyday life, captured on his canvases, show the life and mood of the Russian people. In his characteristic manner, combining the technique of impressionism and the study of fine details, the artist created vivid and memorable paintings. Canvases by K.F. Yuon on the theme of spring, to enhance their expressiveness, we will "illustrate" with a poem by A. Fet:

Another fragrant bliss of spring
We did not have time to descend,
Still ravines are full of snow,
Still dawn the cart rumbles
On a frozen path...
A. Fet
(fragment of a poem)

Sunny day. Spring, 1876


March sun, 1915

Isaac Ilyich Levitan




Spring in Italy, 1890

Spring. Last snow, 1895


Spring. White lilac. 1890s

Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov


Rural View, 1867, Tretyakov Gallery

Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky

Spring (The river opened), 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
Into the immeasurable ocean...
Winter turned to spring
And the hurricane howls less often;
Ruthless time does not wait,
It is in a hurry for the term;
Fields and cornfields of the rich burden,
The whitening snow has disappeared ...
ON THE. Nekrasov
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1839)

Ivan Avgustovich Velts


Spring in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, 1896

Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin


Last snow


Early spring

Viktor 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 sky.
"Dear guest, great!" -
They say spring.

The sun is already warmer,
The skies are getting brighter...
Everything will be green soon
Steppes, groves and forests…
A. Pleshcheev
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1861)

Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky


It blew in the spring, 1910

Turzhansky Leonard Viktorovich (1875-1945)


Last snow


Spring in the Western Territory, 1910


Spring. Moscow yard

Before spring there are days like this:
Meadow rests under dense snow,
The trees rustle merrily and dry,
And the warm wind is gentle and resilient.
And the body marvels at its lightness,
And you don't recognize your home
And the song that was tired before,
Like new, 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

March is the first month of spring, the time of awakening from hibernation. Artists, March, Spring - these words breathe freshness. Artists have always sung of Spring in their work.Berezen (March) - the month when birches wake up, a symbol of Rus'.

nice day in March

The sun delighted passers-by.

Just an old snowman

He squinted and drooped.

By the evening completely melted,

Just left a puddle

Only carrots with coals

They settled down in islands.

A broom with a big bucket

Picked up by our manager .

(Yavorskaya U.)

D. Levin “To warm up”

Winter night is like a black cat

Day is like a gray mouse

But spring, spring is coming

Brightly, loudly dripping from the roofs.

Can't hold back the frost

Noisy joy of streams,

The birds began to fly

The chirping of sparrows is louder.

Darkness and silence disappear

And now vice versa:

The night is like a gray mouse

Day is a big, shiny cat.

(Poliksena Solovieva)

Igor Grabar. "March snow"

The sun shines strongly, strongly,

The snow is shining, the sun is glad.

It's blue blue blue

Blue-eyed-red March

Found our mother

He sent her a telegram:

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU IN THE SPRING

BLUE POINT I LOOK AT YOU

YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF.

(Sergey Kozlov)

A. Shevelev “Spring in Sherekhovichi”

The air is drunk - there is no salvation,

knocked down two throats.

The clouds are already spring, cumulus clouds.

The wet forest turns blue with a brush,

the slope is bristling with alder.

All manifested, clear,

to everything within reach.

(Veronika Tushnova)

Igor Grabar "February Blue"

The wind blows outside the window

tree without leaves,

Sparrow sits on it

I cleaned the feathers.

I look at the sparrow -

Fun swinging!

Understand, he and I

That winter is ending.

(Akim Ya.)

Ilya Ostroukhov "Early Spring"

Silvery, thin stream,

To the lilac bush

From under the snow, winds loudly,

Spring stream!

He drank some melted water,

And ran into the garden

He sang a song loudly

"Hello month of March!"

(Aleynikova L.)

Isaac Levitan "March"

The blizzard blows, sweeps.

All thawed patches are patched.

March laughs - does not give up.

He has a beating heart.

Sensitive and gentle.

Bold - snowy.

(Salnikoff A.)

Konstantin Yuon "March Sun"

We got up early today.

We can't sleep tonight!

They say the starlings are back!

They say it's spring!

And it's cold outside.

The snow is flying prickly,

And crawl through the clouds

Clouds in white coats.

Wait, spring. A long time ago,

And you wander somewhere!

It won't come without you

Sunny summer!

(Gayda Lagzdyn)

Pavel Shevelev "Yard"

opened up

black roads-

The sun is hot,

But in a snowdrift

Like in a lair

Dries easily.

Follow him moreOn skis

The daredevils run.

He sleeps sweetly

And does not hear

That the streams laugh.

(G. Novitskaya)

Pavel Shevelev "In the yard"

There is a bug on the thaw

He warmed a barrel in the sun,

Soon the worm came out

And behind him is a spider.

The sun hid behind the mountain

And went home

And a bug, and a worm,

And, of course, a spider.

On the thaw again

Tomorrow will be sunbathing

Beetle, worm and spider

Will heat another barrel.

(Tatyana Gusarova)

Shevelev "Old roads"

Why is the icicle crying

Tears shed in our dacha?

The winter just ended

In March, all houses cry ...

(Prigotskaya S.)

Arkady Plastov "Village March"

All the blizzards have blown away

And the frosts do not crack.

Drops dripped from the roofs

And icicles hang in a row.

More cheerful and warmer

March days have come.

In our garden in the alleys

Already thawed patches are visible.

The tit tinkles loudly

In front of our window...

Soon there will be a knock on our door

Real spring!

(Alferov A.)

Isaac Brodsky "Ice drift in Pskov"

The sun warms up to the seventh sweat,

And raging, stupefied, a ravine.

Like a hefty cowgirl has a job,

Spring is in full swing.

Snow is withering and sick with anemia

In the twigs of powerlessly blue veins.

But life smokes in a cowshed,

And the teeth of the pitchfork radiate with health.

(Boris Pasternak)

Spring is off to a good start

On the threshold of the month of March,

Sky blue river

The ships in it are clouds,

Starlings sing in unison,

Birds of spring singers,

And all around blooms -

Spring is on the ground.

(Erato Elena)

Alexey Savrasov “The Rooks Have Arrived”

The sun has overcome the winter

Became more affectionate, kinder.

The bird sang a song.

Everyone out on the street!

There, a drop of morning rings.

Spring is off to a good start there.

Snow powdered sugar

Warm March drowns in puddles.

(Kersten T.)

By the puddle on the asphalt

Ask - is it warm in March?

Ask the icicle on the roof

And look into the nests of the rooks.

Everyone will answer in chorus: - "Heat!"

Suddenly the wind blew,

Ice-bound puddles

The birds hid from the cold -

It's like February is back

And he doesn't mind the snow.

(Fonina A.)

Isaac Levitan “Spring. Big water”

In the meadow, on the path

Weeds break through.

A stream runs from the hillock.

And there is snow under the tree.

(Boris Zakhoder)

Vasily Baksheev "Blue Spring"

Snowdrop peeked out

In the semi-darkness of the forest -

little scout,

sent in the spring;

Let more over the forest

The snows rule

Let them lie under the snow

Sleepy meadows;

Let on the sleeping river

Ice is still,

When the scout came

And spring will come!

(Elena Serova)

Stanislav Zhukovsky "Snowdrops"

That frost

Those puddles are blue

That blizzard

Those are sunny days.

On the hills

Snow spots

Hiding from the sun

Above the ground-

goose chain,

On the ground -

Brook woke up

And winter shows

Naughty, green

(Vladimir Orlov)

Vasily Baksheev "In the beginning of spring"

Go away, gray winter!

Beauties of Spring

The golden chariot

Rushing from the mountain heights!

Maykov, Is it old to argue, frail,

With her - the queen of flowers,

With a whole army of air

Sweet breezes!

And what about noise, what buzz,

Warm showers and rays

And chilikane, and singing! ..

Leave yourself soon!

She has no bow, no arrows,

Smiled only - and you,

Picking up your white shroud,

She crawled into the ravine, into the bushes! ..

Yes, they will find it in the ravines!

Look - swarms of bees are noisy,

And flies the flag of victory

Variegated butterflies detachment.

(Apollon Maikov)

Konstantin Korovin "Spring"

Snowman yesterday afternoon

He was seen at the station.

Pulling on a hat-basin

Trampled near the cash registers,

Ate an icicle-lollipop

Got a one way ticket...

Train. Sadness. The car is a reserved seat.

Puddles of tears. Farewell. March!

(Aunty Ay)

Alexander Kremer "In the village"

Softened, and sour, and soggy.

The damp makes it hard to breathe.

We look at the sidewalks like glass

We look at the sky - rain and haze in the sky ...

(Vladislav Khodasevich)

Oleg Molchanov “Spring. March"

The month of March and the snow is melting

The streams run

The sun is gentler and higher

Icicles fall from the roof.

And the snowdrifts darkened

Droplets sang songs

She came to visit us

Red girl spring.

(Taravkova G.)

The change of seasons is one of the favorite themes of Russian landscape painters, and this is not surprising. To capture the transitional states of nature that are invisible to an ordinary person, to convey the shades of mood, the subtleties of a particular color scheme - all this requires special skill and special spiritual sensitivity of the painter. The autumn and spring periods are recognized by many artists as the most fertile in terms of the selection of material, plasticity and expressiveness.

general characteristics

Savrasov and Levitan, Yuon and Vinogradov, Venetsianov and Ostroukhov, Kuindzhi, Shishkin - this is the most modest list of the best domestic masters. Considering their work, let's try to understand: what kind of Russian spring landscape is it? The paintings “Rooks Have Arrived”, “March”, “First Greenery” and others immerse us in a joyful and enlightened state of awakening nature, melting snow, sparkling sun on the first juicy greenery. The celebration of life, light, joy, the anticipation of renewal not only of the external world, but of the inner human "I" of the artist - such, for example, is Levitan's spring landscape. Paintings “Spring. Big Water”, “March” literally radiate sunshine and warmth. We feel the spicy freshness and sweetness of the air, we hear the fraction of a drop and the sonorous hubbub of birds. Each encounter with such a picturesque canvas helps to relive the happiness of life again and again, to come into harmony with natural rhythms and laws. After all, we feel the thirst for renewal, hope for the best, our own spiritual youth more clearly and sharply precisely in the spring. Therefore, the spring landscape or meetings with nature “live”) personifies for most people the opportunity to start all over again, to enter a different direction, to become better, cleaner, more enlightened. We will try to understand and feel this, analyzing in this article some of the listed paintings.

Savrasovsky "Rooks"

The motives of parting with winter frosts and snows, with dull melancholy and inner cold, permeate the spring landscape of Savrasov's painting, which, in fact, has become the artist's calling card. Written and exhibited in 1971, it immediately became the subject of discussion, approval and recognition of the true talent of its creator. “Wonderful”, “truly spring” was called this canvas by Savrasov’s colleague in the “workshop of artists”. What do we see on it? It seems to be still boring winter snows, bare trees, shaggy miserable village houses, the silhouette of a church and a gray sky with rare blue gaps. Cold, damp, uncomfortable. And you take a closer look! And now other details become noticeable. A soft breeze of a warm spring breeze swept over my face. The pond has melted, in the porous snow, too - here and there - thawed patches are visible. And, most importantly, the branches of still bare trees are merrily and animatedly settled by rooks - the restless heralds of the coming spring. As Benois notes, in the last years before the appearance of Savrasov's oil painting, spring landscapes literally flooded art exhibitions. But it was the "Rooks" that were marked by the seal of inspiration that distinguishes true masterpieces from fakes.

March motives in Levitan's work

Another luminary of the landscape genre, Isaac Levitan, picks up the spring baton. His "March" is a surprisingly bright, light, festive picture. It is saturated with solar heat, radiates it, and every detail emphasizes the inevitable death of winter. The sky is deep, blue, the thawed rutted road, the open doors of the house, the radiance of birch trunks in the rare withered last year's foliage, the savraska peacefully dozing under the rays of the sun that warmed it - all this makes us think about the very imminent onset of truly hot days. Levitan's spring landscape, whose drawings are familiar to us from school, is deeply Russian, national. But it is understandable and close to anyone who is drawn to beauty and loves nature.

Features of children's perception

It's no secret that familiarization with works of art requires a lot of intense inner work. Our soul is obliged to work - to learn to empathize, sympathize, sympathize. This is a complex process that needs to be taught to a person from an early age. And spring landscape pictures for children can help. Delicate and fragile snowdrop, shaking its beautiful head on a thin dark green stalk; image of garden and field work, the first rain and the first rainbow, a titmouse on a twig with small sticky leaves - such sketches create close and recognizable, help to comprehend the features of the change of seasons and introduce the child to new world, whose name is Nature and Life.

For a long time in Russia, not only poets loved and glorified spring in their work, but also Russian painters splashed spring motifs on their canvases depicting melted March water, the first rays of the sun, the azure spring sky, primroses and young grass. Many creators found extraordinary beauty in early spring, and some spoke about it with amazing lyrics, while others spoke with a brush and paints.

"Early spring". (1891).

Evgeny Baratynsky. Spring

Spring, spring! How clean the air is!
How clear is the sky!
His azure alive
He blinds my eyes.

"Spring. Big water. (1897). Levitan I.I.

Spring, spring! How high
On the wings of the wind
caressing the sunbeams,
Clouds are flying!

"The beginning of spring". 1890s

Noisy streams! Glittering streams!
Roaring, the river carries
On the triumphant ridge
The ice she lifted!

"Spring in the Forest"

More trees are bare
But in the grove there is a decrepit leaf,
As before under my foot
Noisy and fragrant.

"Blue Spring". (1930).

Under the sun most soared
And in the bright sky
The invisible lark sings
Congratulatory hymn to spring.

"Early Easter".

What's wrong with her? What's wrong with my soul?
With a stream she is a stream
And with a bird, a bird!
murmurs with him,
Flying in the sky with her!

"Early spring".

Alexey Pleshcheev. Snow is melting, streams are running ...

The snow is already melting, streams are running,
Spring blew through the window ...
The nightingales will soon whistle,
And the forest will be dressed in foliage!

"Spring Birches".

clear blue sky,
The sun became warmer and brighter,
It's time for evil blizzards and storms
gone again for a long time...

"Spring in the vicinity of St. Petersburg."

Alexey Tolstoy. The last snow in the field is melting...

Now the last snow in the field is melting,
Warm steam rises from the earth
And the blue jar is blooming,
And the cranes call each other.

"Early Spring in the Russian Village".

Young forest, dressed in green smoke,
Warm thunderstorms are impatiently waiting;
All springs are warmed by breath,
Everything around loves and sings;

"Early spring. Thaw". (1880s).

In the morning the sky is clear and transparent,
At night the stars shine so bright;
Why is it so dark in your soul
And why is the heart heavy?

"Spring in the Russian Village".

It's sad for you to live, oh friend, I know
And I understand your sadness
Would you fly away to your native land
And you do not feel sorry for the earthly spring ...

"Spring".

Olga Chyumina. Snowdrop

Together with the first scarlet dawns
On the clearing of the forest thicket,
By the birches, between the snowdrifts,
A blue flower has blossomed.

"Spring primrose".

He remembers how behind the weary cold,
Encircling the meadows for a long time,
The sun's ray is golden and life-giving
He melted the snow in the glades.

"Spring flood".

Before this victorious force
Streams rustled in the valleys,
And with a gentle and pale smile
He opened his petals.

"Spring day".

And we excite with sweet hope,
Hiding at the foot of the roots,
Half-timidly he waits, half-joyfully
Those bright rays of the sun...

"Spring". (1911).

Maximilian Voloshin

Sounds in the mountains, meeting spring,
Brooks intermittent speech;
Milkweed stalks across the shales
Arise in rows of white candles.

"Spring. Zhestylyovo. Stepan Nesterchuk.

And in the glades of wet mossy
Among the sheets rotted over the winter -
Deaf thickets of the leafless
Lilac-smoky bushes.

"First thaws".

And the branches stretch to the expanses,
Praying for the introduction of spring,
Like a menorah, on which
The fires are not yet lit.

"Spring in the Village".

Athanasius Fet

More fragrant bliss of spring
We did not have time to descend,
More ravines are full of snow
Still at dawn the cart rumbles
On a frozen path;

"Early spring". (1885).

As soon as the sun warms at noon,
The linden blushes in height.
Through, the birch tree turns a little yellow,
And the nightingale does not dare yet
Sing in a currant bush.

"Early spring". (1953).

But the news of rebirth is alive
There are already in the flying cranes,
And, following their eyes,
There is a beauty of the steppe
With blush bluish cheeks.

"Early spring. City on the river.

Vsevolod Krestovsky. before spring

The snow is still on the roofs
Sparkling bright white
And already in the air by noon
Responds to spring...

"Moscow. It rings, the day is busy. (fragment).

So it pulls everything in the sun
Go where it melts
Where with a light frost it is bright
The sun bakes your cheeks.

"Early Spring (Arbor in the Park)". (1910).

And you go - you go and breathe
Sharp air freer,
And in the eyes all the faces seem
Somehow better and kinder;

"Spring" .

And you go - and the rumor tickles -
As if the sounds of children's bliss -
The ringing rustle of frisky drops
Brittle melting snow.

"Spring is near."

Each canvas painted by artists, each word inscribed by Russian poets helps us to find harmony with nature and the sweet anticipation of a new life that spring brings with it, awakening nature from sleep.