30/11/2021
"Afonasovskaya ship grove near Yelabuga" is the last major work of I. I. Shishkin, his "swan song". It was created by the artist in 1898 and is a generalization of the artist's creative and life experience, all the knowledge that he has accumulated over a considerable creative life.
Majesty, calmness and equanimity - these are the main feelings that permeate the picture. We will not find changeable effects in it. Before us is a typical Russian landscape, the image of a pine mast forest on a clear sunny day.