Alexey Mikhailov. Midnight Sun, 1966 - 1967, The Institute of Russian Realist Art
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Alexey S. Mikhailov (1926 – 1993)
Midnight Sun, 1966-1967
Oil on canvas
189 by 271.5 cm
The Institute of Russian Realist Art
The artist takes his audience to a part of the country where polar nights are more common than bright sunny days. Here there are no bright lights of the big city, labor is hard and endless and nature resists the march of human progress. The natural phenomenon of so called white nights – the midnight sun – is caused by the long sunsets in the far North. The midnight sun can be seen in certain latitudes (at least 6` from the Arctic Circle). In these northern latitudes the sun’s path through the sky is flatter than in the south, so in mid-summer the nights remain almost as bright as day. This can be seen throughout Northern Russia and also in Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Greenland and, in the Southern Hemisphere, around Antarctica.
Midnight Sun, 1966-1967
Oil on canvas
189 by 271.5 cm
The Institute of Russian Realist Art
The artist takes his audience to a part of the country where polar nights are more common than bright sunny days. Here there are no bright lights of the big city, labor is hard and endless and nature resists the march of human progress. The natural phenomenon of so called white nights – the midnight sun – is caused by the long sunsets in the far North. The midnight sun can be seen in certain latitudes (at least 6` from the Arctic Circle). In these northern latitudes the sun’s path through the sky is flatter than in the south, so in mid-summer the nights remain almost as bright as day. This can be seen throughout Northern Russia and also in Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Greenland and, in the Southern Hemisphere, around Antarctica.
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