Ivan Shishkin

Shishkin paints the Russian forest with almost photographic precision — towering pines, sunlit glades, every needle and bark texture rendered. Look for grand, detailed woodland landscapes in clear daylight.

Ivan Shishkin (1832–1898) was a painter from Russia, associated with Realism.

A mid-19th-century turn to everyday life and ordinary working people, painted honestly and without idealization. Realism →

More Realism painters: Gustave Courbet, Jean-François Millet, Camille Corot, Ilya Repin.