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Ivan Shishkin, Khovanshchina, Modest Mussorgsky, Peredvizhniki movement, Russian Realism, The Five

Oak Grove by Ivan Shishkin, 1887 (Wikiart.org)
It was a slow day and a cold day. I could not write. But I could sense winter approaching. Je n’ai qu’une saison. C’est l’hiver.
Yvan Shishkin (25 January 1832 – 20 March 1898) was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement.

Forest Path by Yvan Shishkin, 1863 (Wikiart.org)
The video I have inserted combines images by Yvan Shishkin and music by Mussorgsky, one of the Five. You will hear bells.
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Love to everyone 💕
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Portrait of Shishkin by Ivan Kramskoi, 1873 (Wiki2.org)
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11 November 2018
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