17.04 1745 – 13.09 1804

Semen Shchedrin is an artist, to whom we owe the picturesque landscapes of the palace parks. A graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts Semen Shchedrin is a master of the poetic landscape.

After graduation, the artist went to Paris, and then to Rome. In Paris, Shchedrin worked a lot on the planner, in Rome he took the ideas of classicism, which were reflected in his creative method. In 1776, the artist returned to his homeland and became a professor of landscape painting. In addition, he is instructed to create images of palaces and parks of Catherine II.

Semen Shchedrin depicted the views of Gatchina, Peterhof, Pavlovsk. The artist reveals himself in his works as a poet who admires nature. According to Shchedrin’s creations you can make a kind of walk. The construction of the composition in Shchedrin’s paintings is similar to the composition of the park itself. The view moves from one object to another, the viewer seems to go deeper into the park, thereby creating a sense of a walk.

Shchedrin’s works harmoniously combine the decorativeness and the desire to convey a concrete look.

It is believed that in many respects it was thanks to Semyon Shchedrin that the landscape painters paid attention to the Russian nature.