Who painted “The Rooks Have Returned”?

“The Rooks Have Returned” was painted by Alexei Savrasov in 1871. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.

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Alexei Savrasov: modest, lyrical Russian landscapes: early spring, melting snow, birches and rooks — quiet poetry of the plain.

Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov (24 May 1830 – 8 October 1897) was a Russian landscape painter and creator of the lyrical landscape style. The most famous and a celebrated work is The Rooks Have Returned. Wikipedia

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“Elk Island in Sokolniki”, 1869
“View in the neighborhood of Oranienbaum”, 1854
“Country road”, 1873
“Rustic View”, 1867
“The Pechersky Monastery Near Nizhny Novgorod”, 1871
“Rafts”, 1868
“Spring Thaw”
“Spring. The Rooks Have Arrived.”, 1872