Spring time is a wonderful time, every year reminding us that even the most severe frosts cannot resist the warming rays of the sun. It is no wonder that she was so admired and inspired by those who know how to communicate with generations through painting. Let's see what spring looks like for us in painting, and enjoy ten best paintings on this topic!
Spring in painting: 10 most impressive paintings of all time
So, let’s look and enjoy how spring appears in the paintings of artists:
1. S. Botticelli, Spring, 1482.
Here she is depicted in all her glory against the backdrop of awakened flowers and grasses of the outskirts of Florence. Yes, the Renaissance masterpiece will not be satisfied with plants alone. This is where you can use art to train your brain! We will not delve into the mythological and symbolic jungle, but we can wander there until the second coming. Let's just say that this picture was wedding gift, which was supposed to be a parting word for a woman in marriage. 
2. Fr. Boucher, The Seasons: Spring, 1755.
This is a pastoral picture about spring, as young as the main characters of the canvas. 
3. A. Venetsianov, On the arable land. Spring, 1820s
This spring in Russian painting is still recognizable throughout the world. The landscape of the Russian village of those times is not just presented here realistically. There is hidden meaning, indicating cyclical resurrection and native land, and the man himself. You can look at the picture at . 
4. Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Spring, 50s of the 19th century.
This oil painting is not that famous in painting. Moreover, few people saw it at all, because it was kept in the artist’s studio, and then in his brother’s. But it would be a shame not to mention it, because it conveys the image of spring in painting and personifies it. The artist was a famous portrait painter, who knows, maybe he personally met a spring maiden, so blond, crowned with flowers, and he only captured her for less fortunate heirs. 
5. A. Savrasov, The rooks have arrived, 1871
This Russian artist managed to do the incredible: to convey through painting both the smell and sounds of the month of March. No joke, but looking at the picture you can’t help but feel the aroma of the first, timid warmth. And if dirty, melted snow does not evoke elated feelings, then the rooks will not allow you to make a mistake - the spring season has arrived, and with it new hope. Here's the author's early spring painting: very realistic, sad and affirming at the same time. 
6. C. Monet, Spring, 1886
The author’s oil painting of spring turned out to be surprisingly calming and light. A blossoming cherry orchard, a leisurely conversation, sitting on a blanket of grass - this is how landscape painting in spring creates a positive mood. 
7. Vincent Van Gogh, Fishing in Spring, 1887
This is spring in painting, which fills everything around with its colors and play of light. The viewer was given the opportunity to watch the happy moments of a probably successful fisherman through the crown of trees, so take advantage of it! 
8. Hans Zatzka, Goddess of Spring and the Coming of Spring, early 20th century.
The master of fine painting loved this time very much and often painted paintings related to it. But these artist’s paintings deserve all praise! On the left is the Goddess of Spring, on her we again see the beautiful spring goddess herself, accompanied by cupids rejoicing at her arrival. On the right is The Coming of Spring, a light and happy work that evokes the joy of being. 
9. I. E. Krachkovsky, Spring on the Italian lakes, 1914
Spring in the paintings of Russian artists of the early 20th century is surprisingly colorful and lush. It evokes an irresistible desire to run along flowering paths and spin around to the singing of birds. This is how we come to understand how amazing spring paintings are. 
10. Seng Kim, Village Canal, late 2000s.
This modern artist knows how to create landscapes that are as relaxing as a session with a good psychotherapist. It's simple: if you want to relax, look at this painting. This is exactly the effect that painting on the theme of spring should strive for! 
Now you know what spring looks like in painting contemporary artists, and how she was seen before. There is a contrast and this makes you want to delve into the painting even more. Let's enjoy together and share our emotions in the comments!
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Calendar spring has already come into its own. More and more often, walking down the street, we feel the warmth of the sun's rays, we increasingly notice puddles in the courtyards and know for sure that the roads will soon turn into stormy spring rivers. Spring gives each of us its own impressions: while some are afraid to get their feet wet and complain about the dirt and slush, others exchange their fur coats for light raincoats and put on colored rubber boots.
What can I say, we all experience spring in our own way. Let's turn our attention to the classics - immortal paintings, let's try to see this extraordinary time of year with our eyes famous artists. The great poets, who sang such different spring days in poetry, will help us penetrate into the intentions of the authors of paintings!..
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (1842 – 1910)
Undoubtedly, it is worth starting with the outstanding innovator in the field of painting and talented teacher A.I. Kuindzhi. He is rightly called the “master of light.” Colorful, impressive, living 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 ice is broken in spring
It flows like an excited river,
When among the fields in some places
The bare earth turns black
And the darkness lies in clouds
To the hollow fields...
M. Lermontov
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1830)
Early spring, 1890-1895
Alexey Kondratyevich Savrasov (1830-1897)
Another outstanding painter, master of Russian landscape – A.K. Savrasov. His canvases very subtly and soulfully convey simplicity, touching sadness and deep essence native nature. But his no less famous student, I. Levitan, said the best thing about the artist: “With Savrasov, lyricism appeared in landscape painting and boundless love for his native land.”
Songs of the larks again
They rang in the heights.
“Dear guest, great!” –
They say spring.
The sun is already warming,
The skies have become more beautiful...
Soon everything will turn green -
Steppes, groves and forests...
A. Pleshcheev 
The rooks have arrived, 1871 
Thaw, 1874 
Spring day, 1873 
Early spring, 1868, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860 – 1900)
You all know the commandment: “You shall not make yourself an idol.” Alas, I cannot resist and note that since childhood, the work of I.I. Levitan gave me no rest. This outstanding painter studied with no less famous artists and teachers: A.K. Savrasova, V.G. Perov and V.D. Polenova. The depth of spaces, the movement of air, the fullness and “sound” of the river - all this is physically felt just by looking at his paintings. The poem by the classic of Russian poetry F. Tyutchev perfectly conveys the mood of the spring paintings of I. Levitan:
The snow is still white in the fields,
And in the spring the waters are noisy -
They run and wake up the sleepy shore,
They run and shine and shout...
They say all over:
"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, elaboration of details, color nuances, contrasts of light and shadow, he perfectly conveys the feeling of spring, impending changes and the awakening of nature.
Wave after wave rolls
Into the immeasurable ocean...
Winter gave way to spring,
And the hurricane howls less often;
Merciless time does not wait,
It is in a hurry to meet a deadline;
The fields and fields of the rich are a burden,
The white snow has disappeared...
N.A. Nekrasov
spring water 
Spring 
Spring 
Early Spring (Gazebo 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. Ostroukhova. This extraordinarily gifted man, with an excellent education and erudition, who had played the piano since childhood, became interested in painting by the age of twenty, which did not prevent him from achieving extraordinary heights in his new field. In the paintings of I.S. Ostroukhov combines a soft impressionistic style of writing and the poetics of a lyrical landscape, close to the paintings of I.I. Levitan. Very accurately the mood of his works dedicated to spring is conveyed by A.T.’s poem. Tvardovsky:
The snow will darken blue
Along country roads,
And the waters will go low
Into the still transparent forest...
A.T. Tvardovsky
(fragment of the poem "The snow will darken blue")
Early spring 
Early spring
Witold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya (1872 - 1957)
An outstanding painter, student of S.A. Korovina, V.D. Polenova, I.M. Pryanishnikova, I. Levitan. Under the influence of artists, he became interested in landscapes and reached extraordinary heights. Subtly feeling Russian nature, its mood and some naivety, he conveyed these sensations to the viewer through his paintings.
Across the river the meadows turned green,
The light freshness of water emanates;
More merriment rang through the groves
Bird songs 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 lyrical landscape. Paintings everyday life depicted on his canvases show everyday life and mood Russian people. In his characteristic manner, combining the technique of impressionism and elaboration of fine details, the artist created bright and memorable paintings. Cloths by K.F. Yuon on the theme of spring, to enhance their expressiveness, we will “illustrate” with a poem by A. Fet:
More fragrant spring bliss
She didn’t have time to come down to us,
The ravines are still full of snow,
Even before dawn the cart rattles
On the frozen path...
A. Fet
(fragment of a poem)
Sunny day. Spring, 1876 
March sun, 1915
Isaac Ilyich Levitan 
Spring in Italy, 1890 
Spring. The last snow, 1895 
Spring. White lilac. 1890s.
Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov 
Rural view, 1867, Tretyakov Gallery
Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky 
Spring (The River Opened Up), 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 rolls
Into the immeasurable ocean...
Winter gave way to spring,
And the hurricane howls less often;
Merciless time does not wait,
It is in a hurry to meet a deadline;
The fields and fields of the rich are a burden,
The white snow has disappeared...
N.A. Nekrasov
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1839)
Ivan Avgustovich Velts 
In spring in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, 1896
Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin 
Last snow 
Early spring
Victor 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 heights.
“Dear guest, great!” –
They say spring.
The sun is already warming,
The skies have become more beautiful...
Soon everything will turn green -
Steppes, groves and forests...
A. Pleshcheev
(fragment of the poem "Spring", 1861)
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky 
Breath of spring, 1910
Turzhansky Leonard Viktorovich (1875-1945) 
Last snow 
Spring in the western region, 1910 
Spring. Moscow courtyard
Before spring there are days like this:
The meadow rests under the dense snow,
The dry and cheerful trees are rustling,
And the warm wind is gentle and elastic.
And the body marvels at its lightness,
And you won’t recognize your home,
And the song that I was tired of before,
Like new, you eat with excitement.
A. Akhmatova
Venetsianov Alexey Gavrilovich (1780-1847) 
On the arable land. Spring
Endogurov Ivan Ivanovich 
Beginning of spring
Bryullov Pavel Alexandrovich 
Spring, 1875
Vasilkovsky Sergey Ivanovich 
Spring
Bashkirtseva Maria Konstantinovna (1860-1884) 
Spring
The change of seasons is one of the favorite themes of Russian landscape artists, and this is not surprising. Catch the unnoticed to an ordinary person transitional states of nature, to convey shades of mood, the subtleties of this or that color scheme - all this requires special skill and special emotional sensitivity of the painter. Many artists consider the autumn and spring periods to be the most fertile in terms of material selection, 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. Looking at their works, let's try to understand: what kind of Russian spring landscape is it? The paintings “The Rooks have Arrived”, “March”, “First Greenery” and others immerse us in a joyful and enlightened state of the awakening of nature, the melting of snow, the sparkling sun on the first lush greenery. A celebration of life, light, joy, anticipation of renewal not only of the external world, but of the artist’s inner human self - such, for example, is Levitanov’s spring landscape. Paintings “Spring. Big Water”, “March” literally radiate sunshine and warmth. We feel the spicy freshness and sweetness of the air, hear the sound of drops and the ringing hubbub of birds. Each meeting with such a painting helps to relive the happiness of being again and again, to enter 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 in the spring. Therefore, a spring landscape or encounters with nature “live”) represents for most people the opportunity to start over, enter a different direction, become better, cleaner, more enlightened. We will try to understand and feel this by analyzing some of the listed paintings in this article.
Savrasovsky "Rooks"
The spring landscape of Savrasov’s painting, which has essentially become business card artist. Written and exhibited in 1971, it immediately became the subject of discussion, approval and recognition of the true talent of its creator. Savrasov’s colleague in the “artists’ workshop” called this painting “wonderful,” “truly spring.” What do we see on it? It seems that there are still boring winter snows, bare trees, unkempt miserable village houses, the silhouette of a church and a gray sky with rare blue gaps. Cold, damp, uncomfortable. And take a closer look! And now other details become noticeable. It was as if a soft breath of a warm spring breeze swept across my face. The pond has melted, and thawed patches are visible here and there in the spongy snow. And, most importantly, the branches of the still bare trees are cheerfully and animatedly inhabited by rooks - the restless messengers of the coming spring. As Benoit notes, in recent years Before the appearance of Savrasov’s oil painting, spring landscapes literally filled art exhibitions. But it was “Rooks” that turned out to be marked with that stamp of inspiration that distinguishes true masterpieces from fakes.
March motifs in Levitan's work
Another luminary of the landscape genre, Isaac Levitan, is picking up the spring baton. His “March” is a surprisingly bright, light, festive picture. It is saturated with the warmth of the sun, radiates it and with every detail emphasizes the inevitable death of winter. The deep, blue sky, the melted rutted road, the open doors of the house, the shine of birch trunks in the sparse withered leaves of last year, the Savraska peacefully dozing under the rays of the sun that warmed it - all this makes us think about the very soon onset of truly hot days. Levitanov's spring landscape, whose drawings are familiar to us from school, is deeply Russian and national. But it is understandable and close to anyone who is drawn to beauty and loves nature.
Features of children's perception
It is no secret that becoming familiar with works of art requires a lot of intense internal work. Our soul must work - learn to empathize, sympathize, and sympathize. This is a complex process that needs to be taught to a person from an early age. And they can help spring landscape pictures for children. Delicate and fragile snowdrop, swaying its beautiful head on a thin dark green stem; an image of gardening and field work, the first rain and the first rainbow, a titmouse on a branch with small sticky leaves - such sketches create a familiar and recognizable experience, help to comprehend the peculiarities of the change of seasons and introduce the child to new world, whose name is Nature and Life.
Spring time is a time of renewal and new beginnings. Nature is waking up from hibernation, snowdrifts are melting, spring rain can be heard from the roofs outside the window, buds are blooming on the trees.
I would like to capture all this beauty in my memory, so that later I can remember it with rapture and admiration. It’s a wonderful time – beautiful things turn out literally at every time.
Desktop pictures are now very popular, where you can see the beauty of spring in the photo. Or, for example, download a high-quality picture to your phone. You can also use the services of an artist and hang drawings and paintings on the theme of spring in your home.
High-quality photos about spring on your desktop
Beautiful spring photos for your desktop can be downloaded from our website. Nowadays there are many photographers who photograph landscapes and the nature around us. Beautiful photos on the theme of spring can be downloaded for free and set as spring wallpaper on your desktop.
Thanks to high resolution and large sizes, such an image will look great on a computer or tablet screen.
Pictures about spring often include small details, such as drops, small buds, snowdrops peeking out from under the snow, and the first small berries. All this tenderness and beauty can be conveyed by a photograph on your desktop.
Beautiful images of spring on your phone
You can admire the spring season not only on your computer or tablet screen, but also on your phone. Various images, even of small resolution, are suitable for this. Even small pictures of spring on your phone will look impressive and advantageous.There can be both city landscapes with houses with drop-dropping icicles hanging from the roofs, and pictures of wide, open fields and forests with trees shedding a blanket of snow from their branches.
It would also be an excellent solution to opt for images of small details, for example, small rivers formed from melting snow covers, peeking buds or the first birch leaf that appears.
Spring, pictures for your phone: they make you wake up and come out of hibernation, start acting, fulfill your plans, make your dreams come true.
Drawn beautiful spring in pictures
Many artists glorify this time and depict it in their paintings. Start new era, the renewal of the earth inspires them to create something new, affectionate and bright.The variety of landscapes gives wide scope for ideas and fantasies. Artists who were born in places far from noisy cities love to depict in their paintings how spring comes to the village.
These rivers, melting glaciers on them, symbolize a thaw, the release of accumulated negativity and the beginning of a new life in a new channel. Houses decorated with melting icicles look like they were from old good fairy tales that our grandmothers told us before going to bed.
Spring in the forest is no less beautiful! These mighty trees awaken from sleep and shed the snow from their branches, like people who throw off the burden of the old and are ready for everything new.
It’s nice to hang such paintings on the wall at home and admire them while enjoying the nature of the world around us.
A beautiful spring, pictures and photos of which will always lift your spirits and push you to new beginnings and the embodiment of old ideas, is worth capturing it and enjoying these views in rare moments of sadness and sadness, lifting your spirits.
They write prose about spring, and devote poetry to spring. And, of course, the paintings are dedicated to spring. We bring to your attention a small selection of paintings by Russian artists on the theme of spring.
Poems and spring
“Before spring there are days like this:
The meadow rests under the dense snow,
The dry and cheerful trees are rustling,
And the warm wind is gentle and elastic.
And the body marvels at its lightness,
And you won’t recognize your home,
And the song that I was tired of before,
Like new, you’ll eat with excitement.”
Anna Akhmatova
Berggolts Richard Alexandrovich
Awakening of Spring
1911, oil on canvas, 80 x 160 cm, Omsk regional museum fine arts them. M.A.Vrubel
“The day was sunny and windy, the kind of day when you can go around the corner of the house, hide from the wind, press your back against the wall slightly warmed by the sun and feel with all your heart the joy of the arrival of spring and warmth... Stand, squint your eyes and smile.”
Evgeny Grishkovets, “Rivers”
Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich
Forest in spring
1884, x. m. 142 x 105 cm, Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum
As you know, Ivan Shishkin often turned in his works to the theme of the life of the Russian forest, Russian meadows and fields; he is improving in conveying the state of nature, the expression of images, and the purity of the palette. This is how the painting “Forest in Spring” (1884) is born, which combines both majesty and warm notes.
Early spring. Thaw
1880s, x. m., 68x54 cm., Picture gallery them. B.M. Kustodieva. Astrakhan
In his work, Savrasov paid a lot of attention to the theme of the seasons, and especially loved spring. In his paintings, the artist knew how to see beauty in the most ordinary and prosaic landscape.
Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov
The rooks have arrived
1871, oil on canvas, 48.5x62 cm, Tretyakov Gallery
The painting “The Rooks Have Arrived” is the most famous work Savrasova. The subject of the painting was taken by the artist in the ordinary village of Molvitino. Immediately after the show, the canvas was bought by P. Tretyakov for his collection. And over time, the painting, the very name of which already conceals the joyful arrival of spring, became an example of simple beauty in Russian landscape painting: the whole landscape is filled with warm spring air, as joyfully chirping birds and all nature are looking forward to the imminent arrival of sunny and warm days.
Isaac Ilyich Levitan
Spring. Big water
1897, oil on canvas, 64.2x57.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery
Another artist who loves spring, Isaac Levitan, decided to depict in one of his paintings his favorite season during the period of its strongest manifestation. The picture reveals a flood that has captured part of the coastal forest and several village buildings. Since the artist tried to convey the Russian spring as accurately as possible, without embellishing anything, the palette of the painting is unusually modest, but truthful and realistic. And nature does not need decorations.
Kuindzhi A.I.
Early spring. 1890-1895
