"Moonlight Night" (picture, Kramskoy Ivan). Description of the romantic masterpiece

Talented artist Ivan Kramskoy created a large number of beautiful paintings. One of his masterpieces is rightly considered to be a painting written in a romantic style called "Moonlight Night". The picture (Kramskoy Ivan painted it in 1880) fascinates the viewer at first sight, it is full of mystery and soft evening colors. The beauty of the masterpiece was noted both by connoisseurs and admirers of the artist's work, as well as by numerous critics.

"Moonlit Night" (picture)

Kramskoy Ivan very accurately managed to depict all the details of a quiet evening park, his naturalness is striking description of the surrounding nature. Sandy path, trees and shrubs, lovely water-lilies are transmitted very naturally. It remains only to guess what the artist was really thinking, portraying the calm and serene work "Moonlight Night". The painting (Kramskoy tried to transform the summer night a little by the barely perceptible light of the moon) was written very skillfully, for which she deserved the high appreciation of the next generations.

Beauty of a summer night

Shrouded in moonlight, the picture shows a girl sitting on a bench in white robes. At the feet of the pensive beauty you can see a small pond in which the moon reflections are reflected. In sad silence she looks at the water and enjoys the long-awaited solitude. Around the silence and peace, and nothing, it seems, can not disturb the prevailing windless idyll.

Original composition

"Moonlight Night" is a painting (Kramskoy often wrote night landscapes), which is distinguished by its unusual composition and expressive shades. Mysterious light is illuminated not only the figure of a woman in white, but also individual parts of a picturesque area. The plot may sound trivial, but it's only at first glance, the design of the creation is much deeper. The picture makes you think about the earthly and eternal, about the fleeting ghostly senses and the infinity of the beautiful union of man and nature.

One of the best romantic works of a talented Russian artist

This is one of the most exquisite works that Ivan Kramskoy wrote. "Moonlight Night" (the description of the painting is imbued with incredible lyricism and romanticism) was created with the participation of two models.

Initially, the woman in white was Anna Popova, who later became the wife of the famous chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev. At the final stage of writing, the main character was already drawn from another model, Elena Andreevna Tretyakova, the second wife of the buyer and customer of the picture, patron and famous collector Sergei Tretyakov. The name "Moonlight Night" did not come at once, the artist considered a variety of options, including "Magic Night", "Old Poplars" or simply "Night". According to the last will of the owner, after his death, the canvas was transferred to the Tretyakov Gallery, where it is still.