Essay based on the painting: I. E. Grabar "Clear" autumn evening".
I. E. Grabar went down in the history of Russian art as a wonderful painter, a subtle connoisseur of art, an architect, a major museum figure, and a teacher.
No matter what field he worked in, he remained creative and energetic.
An optimistic perception of life determined the general mood of his works and affected the very choice of themes and motifs: “Radiant Morning”, “Explained”, etc. The artist does not seem to notice rainy autumn days, gloomy evenings. For him in native nature everything is clear, light, everything lifts a person’s spirit.
The painting “Clear Autumn Evening” is imbued with this mood. The azure sky, bright yellow hazel leaves, emerald green grass and the blue-blue river among the wide expanses of fields - all this is surprisingly strong, cheerful, cheerful. Nature has not yet completely said goodbye to summer; it is far from fading. The beginning of autumn amazes with the contrast of colors, the transparency of the air, and the peace and quiet spread all around.
The rich strokes are made with a loose, wide brush. The artist showed all the charm of the Central Russian expanse in the first days of autumn, its calm beauty

Description of Grabar's painting "Clear Autumn Evening".
In autumn, on sunny evenings, the air is unusually clean, fresh and transparent. The riot of greenery is already passing, and beige and yellow tones are clearly emerging. The distance is visible as if in a greenish-blue fog, subtle, invisible, but perceptible. There are no clouds, and this only increases the transparency of the sky. The sun is still far from setting; the sky is brightening high above the horizon. Grabar gives the sky in the center of his composition a whitish blue. The higher above the horizon, the darker the sky. The artist achieves this in the following way: above the horizon line he gives an almost continuous whitish background, diversifying it only on the left, above a ridge of blue hills, a bluish mesh web. To the right, shining through the already thinning aspen foliage, the sky is also darkening. A little higher, the number of blue inclusions increases. Light dotted straight lines create the visual effect of cirrus clouds. Even higher, there are more blue lines, and from Grabar they acquire a clear horizontal arrangement. Closer to the zenith, the artist makes cloud clusters dark blue and their edges light blue. The horizontality of the lines is expressed even more clearly. Aivazovsky used approximately the same method when depicting the boundaries and crests of waves. Most of all, in the composition of the work, the author’s gaze is drawn to perspective. The horizon is highlighted by a blue ridge of hills. To the left of the group of tall aspens, a high limestone or sandy hill is quite clearly visible in the perspective. Over the summer, its top has already become overgrown with greenery. On a sunny summer day, neither the author nor the audience could see this hill. Only the deep transparency of the autumn day allowed Grabar to convey its outlines. The meadows and clearings in front of the hills still contain summer greenery, but there is no longer any freshness in it. Grabar indicates this with sharp transitions in tonality: from light - through an even lighter line - straight to dark. The rye field across the river on the right is conveyed in milky green shades. Below the rye field is a dark green grassy meadow. None of the Russian artists escaped the temptation to depict the waters and banks of a flat Russian river in the middle zone. They were all attracted by the opportunity to convey the game blue color water in comparison with the blue of the sky and the autumn ocher of the shores. The water in the river near Grabar does not create the impression of either majesty or peace. Winding banks, sharp transitions of light and dark blue with white splashes create the impression of undulation and fast current.

Description of Grabar’s painting “Clear Autumn Evening”

Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar is known in the history of Russian art as a wonderful painter, museum figure, outstanding teacher and architect.
Each of his works radiates positive energy and creativity.

His paintings always show an optimistic perception of life.
All his landscapes are bright, light, and lift the spirit and mood of the viewer.
It is precisely this mood that permeates the painting “Clear Autumn Evening.”
Nothing gloomy or rainy, despite the autumn.
Bright blue and clear sky, green grass of the fields, yellow-greenish leaves of the trees and a blue river.
The impression is that nature does not yet want summer to go on vacation, and autumn is in no hurry to come.
Sharp tints of colors and contrast make the picture more realistic and vibrant.
The landscape is very quiet and calm.
Probably, the author wanted to draw attention specifically to nature, which is why the poet did not depict animals and birds.

In the foreground, several young trees sway lonely from light autumn breeze.
Autumn has covered the not yet fallen leaves with yellowness.
There are many shadows from the trees on the green grass, this tells us that the sun is already starting to set, but everything is still shining brightly.
A blue, blue river can be seen from behind the trees.
It seems to divide the field into two parts.
The pure blue sky occupies the upper part of the canvas and somewhere in the distance it seems to touch the ground.
From this touch, the field turns light red, slightly noticeable.

Like all his works, the painting “Clear Autumn Evening” is full of positivity and positive energy.
It is light, bright, colorful.
You want to admire her and admire her.
There is no place for hanging weeping clouds, gloomy rain and gloomy evening.
There is no room for despondency.
The author wants to show us that autumn is just one stage in nature, that without the golden color there will be no room for a green spring awakening.
In nature, everything is fleeting and you need to have time to admire all its beauties.