Landscape in the creative work of Ferdynand Ruszczyc

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to reveal the work of the master of the extraordinary expressive landscape Ferdynand Ruszczyc. Because of the lack of knowledge of the topic, this goal seems relevant. The historical-biographical method served as the main method of research here. The author concludes that the work of Ferdynand Ruszczyc reveals the influence of Ivan Shishkin, and then Arkhip Kuindzhi. He was not only closely associated with the young Russian landscape school under the leadership of A.I. Kuindzhi in 1898–1905, but was also one of those who formed it and gave it its own unique identity. The dynamics of the artist from early works to later ones, his coloristic talent was remarkably manifested in such works as “Earth”, “Mill”, “Near the Church”, “Old Apple Trees”, etc. His works are characterized by a subtle combination of color and precise compositional completeness. The first Belarusian painter to lay the foundations of the national school of landscape painting, he was able to reveal the daily life of his people through the beauty of his native nature.

Keywords

• живопись
• изобразительное искусство
• фердинанд рущиц
• пейзажи
• painting
• fine arts
• ferdynand ruszczyc
• landscapes