Moonlit Night on the Dnipro

Місячна ніч на Дніпрі

ArtistArkhyp Kuindzhi

MovementRomanticism

Year1880

MediumOil on canvas

LocationState Russian Museum, St Petersburg

About the Artist

Arkhyp Kuindzhi

1842–1910

Greek-Ukrainian landscape painter famous for dramatic light effects (Moonlit Night on the Dnipro).

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Movements

Romanticism

Romanticism—an ideological and artistic movement in European and American culture from the late 18th century to the first half of the 19th century—is characterized by the affirmation of the intrinsic value of the individual’s spiritual and creative life, the depiction of intense (often rebellious) passions and characters, and the portrayal of nature as inspiring and healing. It spread to various spheres of human activity. In the 18th century, anything strange, picturesque, and existing in books rather than in reality was called romantic. At the beginning of the 19th century, Romanticism became the name for a new movement, opposed to Classicism and the Enlightenment.

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Realism

Related Works

1876

Ukrainian Night

A moonlit Ukrainian village where whitewashed huts glow against the deep blue darkness.

1879

A Birch Grove

A sunlit clearing where bright birch trunks and sharp contrasts create an impression of intense daylight.

1908

Red Sunset on the Dnipro

A glowing crimson sunset floods the Dnieper river and sky in one of Kuindzhi's late luminous landscapes.

1770

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