Incredible, exciting, charming and delightful - all these are epithets about autumn. A more beautiful time of the year cannot be imagined. So many colors can be on one tree that it is sometimes breathtaking. It is clear why all talented people draw inspiration from nature. Autumn is no exception in the painting of artists. Autumn landscapes have long been considered one of the most popular subjects for painting.
There are so many famous paintings dedicated to the autumn theme that it is difficult to count. And everywhere autumn is different: from warm and sunny to late, with the first frosts that pinch your hands. But there are several artists who felt autumn especially subtly and conveyed it in their paintings.
Autumn in the cities in the paintings of Richard McNeil
One of the talented artists who dedicate their paintings to autumn is Richard McNeil (In Central Park, Walking in the Rain). This artist is a very private person, and little is known about him. But, oddly enough, it is his paintings that hang in the White House in the office of American presidents.
"In Central Park" by Richard McNeil
One look at the autumn paintings of Richard MacNeil takes you to the autumn atmospheric New York or. His work is incredibly beautiful and serene. One can only guess why autumn inspired the artist.
Autumn landscapes by Thomas Kinkade
One of the most sought-after artists of recent years is Thomas Kinkade. His paintings are so popular that it is incredibly difficult to buy them. All of them are in private collections, and people very rarely and reluctantly part with them.
And all thanks to the message. The author believed in love, the triumph of goodness and the bright side of humanity so much that he tried to portray it in every possible way in pictures. His autumn landscapes convey all this in the best possible way.
This is interesting! Read more about the biography and work in our separate article with many pictures of the artist's work for inspiration.
"Palette knife autumn" Afremov
- an impressionist artist who creates his paintings not with an ordinary brush, but with a spatula knife. From this, the strokes on the canvas itself have a characteristic appearance.
The most famous paintings are "Sunny Autumn", "Meeting in the Rain". Afremov's autumn is one of the most structural and clear. It is as if woven from small rays that fill the entire canvas.
On a note! Be sure to read a more detailed article about on the pages of the Wings of Inspiration project.
Realistic autumn Lushipina
Another well-known artist of our time is Evgeny Lushipin, who paints paintings in the genre of realism. Apparently, therefore, they are often mistaken for photographs.
Take a look at the paintings "Quiet Evening" or "A Streetcar Named Desire". They are filled with autumn inspiration. Incredibly lively autumn seems to be looking at you from the window and smiling, sad with you for the passing summer, but still pleases with warmth.
Golden Autumn by Charles White
Another world famous artist who depicted autumn in painting is Charles White. His paintings "Golden Autumn" breathe peace, tranquility and quiet happiness.
It is impossible not to admire them, it is impossible not to love them. That is why they are now worth their weight in gold and almost all are in private collections. The artist himself received well-deserved recognition during his lifetime.
Autumn in Chinese painting
But this is only a small list of artists around the world who created their masterpieces, inspired by the golden age. There are also wonderful works about autumn in Japanese painting, and in Chinese.
For example, the Chinese artist Tian Haibo. His works convey the incredible play of the light of the autumn sun. Very realistic and incredibly alive. They inspire and do not leave anyone indifferent.
Liu Maoshan is an artist from China, in whose paintings you can also see interesting autumn landscapes. This is the real autumn in modern painting.
Liu Maoshan's paintings combine industrialism and oriental flair. This is most noticeable in the works "Autumn Waters" and "Excursion to Washington".
Autumn in the paintings of famous artists
There are also canvases about autumn, which are incredibly popular, written by the most famous artists. For example, "Autumn at Argenteuil" by Monet. This is a very sensual canvas that breathes autumn inspiration. It exudes happiness and peace.
Studio Boat (1876), Claude Monet
Autumn at Argenteuil, Claude Monet
Van Gogh also looked to autumn for inspiration. His brush belongs to the canvas "Poplar Alley in Autumn". It conveys the mood of the artist himself, a little sad and chaotic.
Poplar Alley in Autumn, Van Gogh
The famous painting "Autumn" by Shishkin is rightfully considered a masterpiece about autumn in Russian painting. The author very realistically conveyed the autumn mood in Rus'.
"Autumn" Shishkin
You can endlessly talk about autumn in painting, because this theme is inexhaustible as a source of inspiration.
Any paintings by various artists dedicated to this season will always delight and inspire humanity. Nature, in turn, will be an inexhaustible source of inspiration for all artists around the world for a very long time to come.
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autumn scenery
In a time of light sadness and quiet joy. A rare case of a riot of colors in the middle lane for an artist is a reason to add warm tones to the canvas. Red rowan leaves, bright yellow birch leaves, golden yellow linden and yellow-brown oak leaves. Even larch lends itself to the general mood in autumn and burns with a canary color against the blue sky. If you are lucky, the golden autumn will turn out to be serene and affectionate. We are looking at pictures about the most romantic time of the year together with Natalia Letnikova.
Isaac Levitan. Gold autumn. 1895. State Tretyakov Gallery
Canvas from the "major series" by Isaac Levitan. “I was passionately drawn to work, I got carried away, and for a week now, as I have not taken my eyes off the canvas day after day ...”- the artist wrote to his friend Vasily Polenov, working on an autumn canvas. The painter saw a landscape bursting with yellow and barely giving off greenery in the Tver province on the banks of the Syezha River near the Gorka estate, where he had a heartfelt interest. Is it because his "Golden Autumn" is like a smile of nature. The brightest of Levitan's hundreds of autumn paintings.
Stanislav Zhukovsky. Autumn. Veranda. 1911. GRM
A cozy corner of a country house where you can find yourself face to face with the autumn park. It seems that you can reach the top of the spruce with your hand and, if you wish, pick that lemon-yellow leaf from the birch. See the horizon and, breathing in the cool clean air, sit down on a bench under the gliding rays of the autumn sun. Stanislav Zhukovsky dearly loved autumn and old Russian estates. A century ago, the collected bouquet has not lost its bright colors at all and only emphasizes the autumn unity - the inhabitants of the house and its surroundings.
Boris Kustodiev. Autumn in the province. Tea drinking. 1926. State Tretyakov Gallery
Merchants in the autumn interior. Boris Kustodiev diluted his favorite theme with warm colors. Fiery red maples and a yellowing garden near provincial houses make autumn especially cozy. That same Indian summer, which for a while reconciles with beautiful, but, alas, inevitably flying leaves. The clear air smells of leaves, watermelon and fresh bread from a small bakery. And, of course, no autumn is terrible if there is a cat nearby. Together with a samovar.
Ilya Ostroukhov. Gold autumn. 1886. State Tretyakov Gallery
Isaac Brodsky. Gold autumn. 1913. Museum-apartment of I.I. Brodsky
Isaac Brodsky, the future representative of socialist realism, discerned the village troubles behind a bright riot of colors. The student of Ilya Repin became famous for his Leninianism much later, and in 1913 the artist preferred romantic landscapes to paintings from revolutionary life. Framed by autumn foliage, as if in the palm of your hand, the village is spread out. He lives his vain life - rattles wagons, rings with voices. Only colors change - from red gold, through a white winter landscape - to a riot of greenery and again to gilding.
Peter Petrovich. Boring Garden. Autumn. 1905. Private collection
The corner of the Neskuchny Garden, pierced by the bright sun, really looks boring on a fine autumn day. Though from the movement in the deserted park only the slow waters of the river and the long gray shadows commanded by the sun. The fact that the park is inhabited is evidenced by the house on the hill. And you can’t say at all that this is part of noisy Moscow. The artist Pyotr Petrovichev came to the capital from the Yaroslavl province on foot - to study painting with Levitan and paint Kuskovo, Kuzminki, Neskuchny Garden ... It was much easier for a master of lyrical landscape to find solitude in the capital city a hundred years ago.
Konstantin Somov. Versailles park in autumn. 1898. GRM
The center of Moscow or the royal park near Paris. Golden autumn is good in any place where the foliage changes color for the sake of autumn. A new picture every day - like a spectrum of shades. Know mix on the palette: linen, Dijon, mustard... And now the alley is covered with rust, and the color of the Tuscan sun overshadows the Parisian sadness. But the canvas will retain “a fabulous palace, open to everyone for review” ... As if there were not a few days left before the winter rest. And the foliage blazes, and the sky turns blue, not knowing the autumn winds and the coming cold.
Graham Gercken ©
The autumn landscape outside the window is something not very happy. It rained all September, and October surprised with frosts and snow. But how you want bright autumn colors and blue-blue skies. It was these colors that I saw in the paintings of the Australian artist Graham Gercken. For my taste, the pictures are somewhat decorative, but now the body just needs some exaggeration and saturation of the color scheme. I am pleased to publish bright autumn landscapes on the blog, maybe for someone the painting of this artist will also become color therapy))
Graham Gercken ©
Artist Graham Gercken was born in Australia in 1960. He is self-taught with no art background. moved from a hobby to a professional activity. Impressionism became the closest style for him.
For 10 years, Graham Gercken painted and sold his paintings to numerous tourists. Bright and juicy colors attracted attention immediately, the paintings were quickly sold out.
Graham Gercken ©
In 2003, the artist came to China, where he met famous masters who shared their secrets with him and helped him improve his drawing technique. Then for several years he continues to travel the world. The artist traveled to Asia, Europe and America, personally met many famous artists, and admits that he learned a lot from them. In his paintings you can often see the nature of Australia and North America.
Graham Gercken ©
He usually works in the studio, moving away from the plein air. There are many autumn landscapes in his paintings. Autumn on his canvases is often juicy and bright. Apparently, there are no colors in his autumn landscapes) We would like such an autumn for at least a couple of weeks))
Graham Gercken ©
Today, Graham Gercken is a well-known artist, his works are in private collections and in many galleries around the world, and autumn landscapes are especially popular in his painting.
Autumn landscape in painting
Graham Gercken ©
Graham Gercken ©
Graham Gercken ©
Graham Gercken ©
Graham Gercken ©
Graham Gercken ©
The creation of the autumn landscape can be seen in a short video.
The sharpness of the strokes is mesmerizing))
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Autumn in the paintings of Russian artists is the brightest and most touching time, where the red-yellow, golden and warm colors of the beautiful time of Indian summer, and where the rainy and touching landscape of truly Russian nature in all its beauty of autumn splendor.
Isaac Levitan - Golden Autumn
Isaac Levitan, Golden Autumn, 1895
Autumn was Levitan's favorite season, and he devoted more than a hundred paintings to it. One of the most beloved paintings by the public is this Golden Autumn, although it is not so characteristic of the artist's work - it is too bright, bold, major done. It is possible that Levitan himself was not completely satisfied with it, because a year later he painted another picture with the same name, but painted more softly, gently, crystal ...
This autumn landscape is unusually bright and optimistic, despite the fact that most of Levitan's paintings are dominated by the color scheme of sadness - mixed muted tones. In total, the artist has about a hundred autumn landscapes. Their usual theme is the solemnly sad withering of the autumns of Russian nature. However, there is no sadness in this picture! The canvas depicts a deep forest river of saturated blue color and white-trunked birch trees reflecting the golden sunlight in autumn decoration ...
Vasily Polenov - Golden autumn
Polenov's golden autumn expresses to the viewer a comfortably lived-in corner of vast Russia, with its infinitely charming diversity, which gives a person the joy of life, a contemplative mood and peace.
The Oka River, meandering steeply, goes into the distance, reflecting in its waters part of the autumn trees that have grown densely along the right bank of the river, and a white-stone church is slightly visible in the distance. In the foreground of the picture is a hill descending to the river with greenish-ocher hues, where a forest path runs along the right bank into the depths of a birch grove. Relative to the birches decorated with the golden color of autumn, flaunting its dark green foliage, the oak stands majestically, not yet touched by the impending autumn time. In harmony with the oak, by its color shade, you can mark small Christmas trees, seated along the path and talking about the beginning of a new life.
In the picture, everything is subordinated to the autumn season, the color of the colors emphasizes the variety of foliage on the trees from green-red hues to bright yellow and orange, contrasting with the blue colors of the river and the sky. The atmosphere of the airiness of the picture is picturesquely reflected by the artist;
Ilya Ostroukhov - Golden Autumn
The picture of the artist I. S. Ostroukhov “Golden Autumn” depicts precisely the golden autumn. The picture does not dazzle the leaves of red and green. Everything is covered in gold.
The whole picture is filled with some kind of joyful movement and is a very “talkative” picture for a sophisticated viewer. "We are happy to spin!" - informs the rustle of leaves, "now we will fly away!" - lively magpies warn cheerfully. The oak trunk in the background, which is entwined with smaller trees, on the contrary, seems to tell the viewer about the resilience of the forest: “We will survive this autumn too!”. And, in the end, even a dank autumn, a city dweller who has looked into the museum will move away from this picture with a sense of joyful amazement. And with the desire to get out into nature. Or, at least sit in "In the Abramtsevsky Park", as Ostroukhov's second famous autumn landscape is called.
The picture is full of wonder: one rarely sees in the landscape an image of a “rejoicing” forest in early autumn. And this is all the more surprising that Ilya Semenovich Ostroukhov never trained professionally as an artist, he took only private lessons in painting. And it is a pity that his landscapes are less known than the canvases of Shishkin, Levitan or Polenov.
Isaac Brodsky - Golden Autumn
The picture "Golden Autumn" is painted in very bright colors. It is difficult to imagine such rich colors in reality. But Brodsky makes us feel the whole atmosphere of autumn in a small village. In the foreground, trees with red-orange leaves stand out, which personifies activity and vitality.
Beautifully traced openwork foliage and tree branches. A river flows at the edge of the village. Waves are carefully drawn in it. And in one place you can even see how a small house is reflected. Small figurines of people go about their business, and someone admires the beautiful landscape. After all, soon the leaves will fall, and the cold winter will come. But it doesn't feel sad.
The picture with great accuracy conveys the beauty of nature in Russia. Red and orange colors have a revitalizing effect on a person. Weightless and cheerful mood creates the color of the road. The distant sky adds calmness to the picture.
Vasily Meshkov – Golden autumn in Karelia
The painting "Golden Autumn in Karelia" was painted by V. V. Meshkov. Here is an autumn landscape. In the foreground, heaps of stones flaunt from dampness, they are dark in color, or maybe the sun doesn’t get enough on them and they seem so gloomy, but all the “gold” that is scattered around them makes them an invisible part of the landscape. There are trees between these stones. They are quite weak in the trunk, but their foliage is thick and shimmers in all colors of gold, amber and orange.
The background is also full of colors. The sky, though overcast, still attracts the viewer's eye, even if only briefly.
He used as many colors as possible, many shades. Yellow, carrot, orange, ocher - for the image of foliage, trees and a little earth. Brown-grey for rock formation and gray-blue for the sky. And this is only a small part of the colors that we can catch.
The author chooses an elongated format for the picture. This gives the picture some kind of peculiarity. And it seems that it's not just that. The author wanted to show how infinite nature is, and even placing a picture in such a way he will not be able to fit all its beauty.
Do you like Russian autumn? Russian artists, poets and musicians have invested in their works their love for this fertile, but fleeting season. Along with the first fogs and the cries of cranes, a dazzling riot of colors suddenly breaks into the monotonous flat landscape. The richest color palette is hard to convey in words. And how to reflect on the canvas this play of highlights on the gold of birches and aspens, the coolness of the morning, the crunch of the first frost or the aching cry of birds flying south? And yet they succeeded.
almost summer
They knew what an early Russian autumn is like, Russian artists. They were able to accurately convey the atmosphere of Indian summer in Central Russia. During the day it is still very warm, but the evenings and mornings are refreshing. The air is as if crystal, and in it floats against the backdrop of flaming cobwebs. Especially indicative is “Autumn. Veranda” brush The canvas was painted in 1911. The artist managed to convey that elusive moment when summer leaves and fills the frosty air of the approaching evening. But this time is also generous, which is clear from the painting by A. M. Gerasimov “Gifts of Autumn”. The still life is simple and uncomplicated: apples on a plate, two sunflowers and a vase with clusters of mountain ash. The berries shine like rubies and throw a reddish glow on everything around.
"Ocher reflection of withering..."
Golden Russian autumn... Russian artists, like no one else, were able to depict this most beautiful time of the year. The forest turns into a painted box, but at the same time, something aching, decadent is felt in this fading beauty. Only Russian people, following Pushkin, can see the charm of the eyes in this “dreary time”. The motif of golden autumn is present in many artists. These beautiful moments are so fleeting that you just want to hold them - at least on canvas.
Levitan and golden Russian autumn
Russian artists, even if they did not belong to the glorious cohort of the Impressionists, were able to convey the mood from the quivering, touching and at the same time amazing nature of October. I. I. Levitan devoted especially many canvases to this fleeting season. His most famous painting is called “Golden Autumn”. Looking at her, the viewer seems to plunge into the warmth and freshness of a fine September day. The road leads into the forest and seems to beckon. “Autumn Day in Sokolniki” is another painting by the artist that perfectly conveys the mood of this season.
Late autumn in the paintings of Russian artists
This really dull time is also masterfully conveyed by many painters. Firstly, the singer of golden autumn Levitan did not shy away from this topic. His canvas “Road in the Village” depicts impenetrable mud, in which steps and cart wheels get stuck. Bare aspen trees joylessly and forlornly tremble in the wind, and the sky is overcast in his painting “Summer Garden in Autumn” trying to find a kind of comfort in the deserted alleys and thin, as if melting in the air, the outlines of the arbor. The mood of lostness and orphanhood in the face of impending cold weather also shines through in A. Savrasov's painting "Evening". As you can see, autumn is firmly rooted in the painting of Russian artists. Because such anguish and hopelessness is somewhat consonant with the soul of our people.
