Iconic places of Lake Baikal in painting

           This article is devoted to the consideration of the natural objects of Lake Baikal depicted in the landscape works of local artists. The beauty and uniqueness of the nature of Lake Baikal leaves no one indifferent, its mystery and spirituality inspire artists to create very poetic images of this place. The paper considers such famous places of Lake Baikal as Olkhon Island and the Shamanka rock located near it.

This study is based on the paintings of artists: G. M. Manizer «Olkhon Island», 1977, it is located in the state budgetary cultural institution «State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan»; S. G. Zhillina «Shamanka Rock», 2014, is located in the state budgetary cultural institution «Irkutsk Regional Art Museum named after  V. P. Sukachev».

          Keywords: natural landscape, Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island, Shamanka rock, Eastern Siberia, landscape artists.