Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov 1881-1963, Trees in Bloom 1930s.

In his works painted during the 1930s and 1940s, the artist demonstrates the art traditions he inherited from Ilya Repin and his teacher, Valentin Serov. The motif of apple trees in blossom is quite characteristic of Gerasimov's works from 1910 to the 1950s. Many times the artist returned to his earlier works, changing them and painting the again and again.