Spring is one of the seasons in a temperate climate. March 21 is considered the first day of spring – it is the beginning of the so-called calendar spring. This regularity applies to the temperate climate of the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the equivalent of our March will be September, and the first day of spring will fall there around September 21-24.
Various days are considered to mark the beginning of spring; at least several dates can be distinguished. Some of them seem imprecise and barely visible to less experienced nature observers.
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Meteorological spring falls on March 1;
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Astronomical spring – March 20;
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Calendar spring – March 21;
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Phenological spring – the beginning of the vegetation of some plant species and the flowering of snowdrops and crocuses;
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Thermal spring – begins when the average daily air temperature is from 5 to 15 degrees Celsius.
Spring is the most beautiful time of the year for many. A time of new life, awakening nature. Spring has long been an inspiration for artists, especially for paintbrush masters. Which Polish painters showed spring most beautifully?
Spring in Polish painting of the 19th and 20th centuries
Stanisław Witkiewicz
“Crocuses against the background of snowy mountains”, 1897, oil on panel, National Museum in Krakow.
Józef Chełmoński
“Kaczeniece”, 1907, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw.
Stanisław Witkiewicz
“Spring Fog”, 1893, oil on canvas, National Museum in Krakow.
Henryk Uziembło
“Spring thaw”, 1908, oil on cardboard, National Museum in Warsaw.
Rafał Malczewski
“Spring in the Mountains”, 1937, oil on canvas, Tatra Museum in Zakopane.
Józef Rapacki
“Przedwiośnie”, 1917, oil on canvas, Collections of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland.
Józef Chełmoński
“Spring”, 1892, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw.
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ‘Witkacy’
“Spring in the Mountains”, 1932, oil on cardboard, Silesian Museum in Katowice.
Jacek Malczewski
“Spring”, 1914, oil on cardboard, private collection.
Artur Wacław Wielogłowski
“The Dawn of Spring”, 1900, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw.
Stanisław Kamocki
“Thaw”, 1920, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw.
Stanisław Witkiewicz
“Blooming apple trees”, 1889, oil on canvas, National Museum in Krakow.
Witold Pruszkowski
“Spring”, 1887, oil on canvas, Lviv Picture Gallery.
Józef Rapacki
“Dawn”, 1897, oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw
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