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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 💕
Mussorgsky — Prelude to Khovanshchina (1872-1880)
Portrait of Shishkin by Ivan Kramskoi, 1873 (Wiki2.org)
© Micheline Walker
11 November 2018
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Some days are just meant for quiet contemplation and rest. 🙂 Beautiful music.
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You are so right Gallivanta. And music by one of “The Five” contains very lyrical passages. It’s soothing. Yesterday was November 11th. Thousands died. One listens to music and rests. Love. Micheline
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I have been thinking of those thousands, too. One of them was my great-uncle.
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World War I and World War II both touched many lives. I lost a great-uncle to World War I. Another never fully recovered. My uncle, Roland, who survived D-Day, but friends were dying all around him. He was Private Moisan, but a hero. Every year Sherbrooke celebrates its few veterans. My uncle is now a very old gentleman. Love, Micheline
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