March Snow 1921

Igor Grabar made "March Snow" with oil on canvas, and the way he builds up those marks, it's like each dab of paint is a little thought, a decision made in the moment. Look at how the light hits the snow, all those blues and purples shimmering under the surface, it's not just white, it's alive. And then you've got those tree trunks, so solid and present, standing tall against the brightness of the snow. There's this tension between the solidity of the forms and the fluidity of the paint. It's like Grabar is trying to capture something fleeting, the way the light changes from one moment to the next, and yet he's also grounding it in something real and tangible. The way Grabar captures light reminds me of the Impressionists, but with a Russian soul.