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Isaac Levitan was born in a shtetl of Kibarty, Augustów Governorate in Congress Poland, a part of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania) into a poor but educated Jewish family. His father Elyashiv Levitan was the son of a rabbi , completed a Yeshiva and was self-educated.
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Isaac Levitan was born on August 30, 1860 in the small town of Kibarty, now part of Lithuania but then incorporated into Congress Poland, a province of the Russian Empire. His family were Jewish, his father Ilya Abramovich the son of a rabbi and an educated man, who worked as a private French and German tutor and later as a translator for a French ...
In hopes of a better life the Levitan family moved to Moscow in the early 1870s. Living conditions were extremely poor, and they got used to living hand to mouth. However, the parents allowed their sons to follow their art careers. In 1873, at the age of thirteen, Isaac enrolled at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture - also ca...
In spite of his fractious departure from the Moscow School, Levitan's career was blossoming. In early 1884, at a general meeting of the Peredvizhniki, he was accepted as a contributing member. Levitan featured as a full Peredvizhniki member for the first time in the Society's twelfth exhibition, and became known as one of the most talented of the s...
1895 was a year of tragedy for Levitan. He was diagnosed with a serious heart illness and was profoundly shocked. He attempted suicide twice, "as a consequence of aggravated neurasthenia" according to one of his biographers. After suffering a heart attack, he travelled abroad for medical treatment, notably spending time in an Alpine resort in Italy...
Levitan is considered one of the most important artists in recent Russian history, noted in particular for his contributions to the Russian landscape genre. Like his teacher and mentor Savrasov, he placed the Russian countryside at the heart of his work at a moment when the Empire was choosing between westernization and native cultural identity. Th...
- August 30, 1860
- August 4, 1900
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian: Исаа́к Ильи́ч Левита́н; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1860 – 4 August [O.S. 22 July] 1900) was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".
- Russian, Jewish
- August 30, 1860
- Kybartai, Lithuania
- August 4, 1900
Isaac Ilyich Levitan had a tragically short life but nonetheless is known as one of the most famous Russian masters of landscape painting and an advancer of this genre who significantly affected the course of Russian art history.
Aug 26, 2024 · Isaak Ilyich Levitan was a Lithuanian-born Jewish painter who was one of Russia’s most influential landscape artists and the founder of what has been called the “mood landscape.” Levitan’s childhood and youth were marked by poverty and the death of his parents; his mother died when he was 15 years
Jul 10, 2024 · Isaac Levitan was a Russian painter renowned for his masterful landscapes that captured the soul of the Russian countryside. A leading figure in the Peredvizhniki movement, Levitan’s work is characterized by its evocative use of light, mood, and atmosphere, reflecting both the beauty and melancholy of nature.
Jul 3, 2019 · Isaac Levitan (1860 – 1900) was a master Russian painter known mostly for his remarkable and diverse landscapes. He is one of the first artists I look to whenever I am in need of landscape painting inspiration.
