Winter Landscape by Vassily KandinskyĪ confetti of color dot both land and sky in the snow paintings of Wassily Kandinsky. Shadowy crows loom in the top right area of the painting, “hunting” the fox. The Fox Hunt by Winslow Homerĭid you know that this winter landscape is the largest painting that Winslow Homer ever completed? It is also thought by many critics to be the artist’s masterpiece and most successful work.Ĭaught mid-leap in the foreground, and almost abstracted in quite a striking way, is a nimble fox treading through deep snow. But the beauty and texture of Monet’s landscape remind us to find the glory and wonder of this time of the year. Winter leave many of us feeling small and frail, just like the little magpie sitting on that crooked gate. There’s something almost heartrending about this painting by Claude Monet. According to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, “the dark boats trapped by the frozen water and the pale colors evoke an environment that is both harsh and beautiful.” The Magpie by Claude Monet In this painting, Harrison painted the pinks and purples of a winter sunset reflected in the broken ice of an expansive body of water. His snow paintings, of which there are many, highlight this love of opalescent color. The artist was especially fascinated with the subtle colors that suffuse a winter landscape. In his 1909 book, Landscape Painting, Birge Harrison describes color as “dancing” in nature.
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