How summer holidays were depicted by Russian artists (PICS)
Summer holidays – the best time when you don’t have to get up to an alarm clock, don’t have to rush to work and can enjoy doing nothing! We put together a listicle of the best depictions of this time of year on the canvases of Russian classic painters.
1. Grigory Sedov. ‘On a Hot Day’, 1865
2. Ilya Repin. ‘On a Turf Bench’, 1876
3. Alexander Morozov. ‘Summer Day’, 1878
4. Nikolay Tretyakov. ‘In the Morning at the Dacha’, 1888
5. Karl Lemokh. ‘Summer’, 1890
6. Ilya Repin ‘Leo Tolstoy Resting in the Forest’, 1891
7. Ivan Shishkin. ‘Near the Dacha’, 1894
8. Vladimir Makovsky. ‘Arrival at the Dacha’, 1899
9. Boris Kustodiev. ‘On the Terrace’, 1906
10. Sergey Vinogradov. ‘In the Summer’, 1909
11. Konstantin Somov. ‘Summer’, 1919
12. Ilya Mashkov. ‘Simeiz Beach’, 1920
13. Boris Kustodiev. ‘Summer’, 1922
14. Nikolay Tyrsa. ‘Summer’, 1935
15. Victor Govorov. ‘Sun, Air and Water’, 1935
16. Alexander Deineka. ‘Expanse’, 1944
17. Yuri Podlyasky. ‘In the Summer’, 1949
18. Arkady Plastov. ‘Summer. Mushrooms’, 1953-1954
