Vologda Regional Picture Gallery
The painting was exhibited by Sergei Diaghilev in the exhibition of Russian art in Paris and in Berlin. The color palette of this painting is based on a gentle range of blue and lilac brushstrokes, gently denoting the outlines of land, trees, village houses barely visible in the predawn haze. The artist works with jerky strokes, laying them on small areas of the surface of the canvas – doing this the master refers to the technique of pointillism. The basic idea of pointillism –using unmixed pure paints, blended not on a palette, or even on a canvas, but afterwards on the retina of a viewer's eye. The picture must be observed at distance to see this effect.
The divisionism techniques helped the artist to somewhat “revive” nature, to convey the quivering life of a quiet summer evening in the movement of warm air. In numerous landscapes depicting Russian huts and wide Russian fields the artist conveys all the beauty of the village near Moscow Dugino. Picturesque nature of this place with opening panoramic views and riversides inspired more than one Russian artist.