Spring
1898–1901
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Location in museum
The Rossi Wing
Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 46 - Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
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This is one of the milestones in the artist’s creative work and probably the first successful attempt to express his search for perfection in a single artistic image. The idea of this picture came to the artist in his Sleptsovka manor with a shady wild park and a house covered in wines. This was the place where he felt the charm of the old times. A spirit-like female figure that seems to glide around the garden is an embodiment of beauty and harmony, a poetic dream of the artist, a symbol of a light, ephemeral, and floating world created by him.
The belle époque created by the artist and depicted in the majority of his works is a convention that is far from reality. Decorative properties of this composition and its soft tones make it look like a tapestry rather than a painting. Composer S.N. Vasilenko who knew the artist and was inspired by the finesse and melodiousness of this works called them “painted music”.