ロシアのヴォルガ川に近い町エラブガに生まれました。サンクトペテルブルクの美術アカデミーなどで学び、ロシアの松林や樫の木、広い草原を、植物学者のような正確さで描きました。一本一本の木の幹や葉まで細かく描いたため、「森の王様」と呼ばれます。移動派のメンバーとしても活躍し、最後の日までアトリエで絵筆を握っていました。
Shishkin was born in Yelabuga, a town near the Volga River in Russia. He studied at the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg and elsewhere. He painted Russian pine forests, oak trees and wide fields with the accuracy of a botanist, down to every trunk and leaf. People called him the 'Tsar of the Forest.' He was also a member of the Wanderers, and he kept painting in his studio until his last day.
