Ivan Shishkin вÐ"“ edva li ne samyi populiarnyi sredi russkikh peizazhistov, nastoiashchii narodnyi khudozhnik. Vsiu zhizn on izuchal russkii les, russkoe derevo, russkuiu chashchu, russkuiu glush. Nikto do nego s takoi oshelomliaiushchei otkrytostiu i s takoi obezoruzhivaiushchei otkrovennostiu ne mog rasskazat zriteliu o liubvi k rodnomu kraiu, v nebroskoi prelesti severnoi prirody. Na stranitcakh knigi sobrany samye izvestnye kartiny khudozhnika, rasskazana istoriia ikh sozdaniia.