Stepan Kolesnikoff, a realist painter from Ukraine,

People come from the snow, all things grow in the snow, pale with a livid vitality.

There are three elements of beauty: first, a kind of wholeness or perfection, and anything that is incomplete is ugly; Secondly, proper proportion or harmony; The third is bright, so bright colors are recognized as beautiful.

Stepan Kolesnikoff was a Russian realist painter of the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, known for his brilliant colors and snowy landscapes.

His snow is warm and full of vitality, and the branches are clever, which perfectly presents a beautiful Russian snow world.

He is an outstanding realist painter in Russia. After studying at the Odessa Art School, he went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, where his tutors included Ilya Repin. The Russian winter is long and cold, but it gives painters the best subject matter and time.

Thus, most of Stepan Kolesnikoff's works are snowy winter scenes, but he uses his warm tones to make the snow no longer cold, and his painting style perfectly interprets the beautiful Russian world in the snow and brings the snow scenes to life.

Stepan Kolesnikov lived and painted in Russia for some time, traveled and painted throughout Europe, and eventually settled in the area then known as Yugoslavia, now known as Serbia. His works mainly depict farm workers, their work in the fields, village life, and church celebrations.

Stepan Kolesnikoff was a favorite painter of the last emperor of Russia, Gula II, who sent him a carved cigarette case. After the Russian Revolution, the artist moved to the Balkans, where he spent the rest of his life.

His favorite subjects are depictions of nature in southern Russia and Ukraine at a time of rapid awakening - a sunny spring day with melting snow, patches of warm color with high saturation to take the chill out of the snow, and vivid tree branches to bring the snow scene to life.

He finds a fascinating contrast between detail and open space, texture and softness. The trees, figures and buildings are all in the form of carefully controlled changes in value and subtle changes in colour. Coupled with his treatment of opaque watercolor media, and the color of the matte areas, it is clever and charming.

In 1919, he and his family emigrated to the Balkans and in 1920 settled in Belgrade, Serbia, where he spent the rest of his life as an immigrant. Kolesnikoff was immediately welcomed at the royal court of his new country. Among other things, he was given a state assignment to lead the restoration of many paintings and murals.

For the last twelve years of his life Kolesnikoff suffered from Parkinson's disease. His remains were buried in the Russian Cemetery, which is part of Belgrade's new cemetery.

In the snow country world, cold is not only the only feeling, the picture painted by Kolesnikov is the real existence of the world in his eyes!