Isaac Levitan


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Name
Isaac Levitan
Life Dates
1860-1900
Country
Russia
Movement
Romanticism

Isaac Levitan Biography

The work of Isaac Ilyich Levitan belongs to the highest achievements of Russian culture. Its significance is compared with the works of such classics as Anton Chekhov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Stanislavsky. Levitan was born in 1860 into a poor but educated Jewish family. In the late 1860s, the family moved to Moscow, where Isaac studied at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture from 1873 till 1883. He lost his mother in 1875 and his father two years later. He was left penniless and homeless in Moscow, sleeping alternately in the homes of relatives and friends, sometimes spending the night in the empty classrooms of the school.


Isaac Levitan 104 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Isaac Levitan. Autumn Day. Sokolniki.
    Autumn Day. Sokolniki.

    1879. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Sunny Day. Spring.
    Sunny Day. Spring.

    1876-77. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

  • Isaac Levitan. Village in Winter.
    Village In Winter.

    1877-78. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum, Tula, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Autumn. Road in a Village.
    Autumn. Road In A Village.

    1877. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Edge of a Forest.
    Edge Of A Forest.

    Early 1880s. Study. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Oak.
    Oak.

    1880. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Snowbound Garden.
    Snowbound Garden.

    1880s. Gouache, lead pencil and scratching on chalk-overlay cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Bird-Cherry Tree.
    Bird-Cherry Tree.

    Early 1880s. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Barns.
    Barns.

    1880s. Study. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. The Picture Gallery, Vologda, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. House with Broom-Trees.
    House With Broom-Trees.

    1880s. Study. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Sheaves and a Village Beyond the River.
    Sheaves And A Village Beyond The River.

    1880s. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. By the Riverside.
    By The Riverside.

    1880s. Study. Oil on canvas. The Picture Gallery of Armenia, Erevan, Armenia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Shadows. Moonlit Night.
    Shadows. Moonlit Night.

    1880s. Watercolor on paper. The Picture Gallery of Armenia, Erevan, Armenia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Village on the Bank of a River.
    Village On The Bank Of A River.

    1880s. Oil on canvas. The A. N. Radishchev Museum of Arts, Saratov, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Self-portrait.
    Self-Portrait.

    1880s. Indian ink, brush and white on yellow paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Road in a Wood.
    Road In A Wood.

    1881. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Spring in the Forest.
    Spring In The Forest.

    1882. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. The First Green. May.
    The First Green. May.

    1883. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Evening in the Field.
    Evening In The Field.

    1883. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

  • Isaac Levitan. Boulevard in the Evening.
    Boulevard In The Evening.

    1883. Oil on canvas. The Picture Gallery of Armenia, Erevan, Armenia.

Isaac Levitan Bibliography

Isaak Levitan. Aurora. Leningrad. 1980

Levitan. by V.Petrov. Russian Painters of the XIX century. Moscow. 1992.

Isaak Levitan: Lyrical Landscapes by Averil King. Philip Wilson Publishers, 2004

Russian Impressionism: Paintings, 1870-1970 by Vladimir Kruglov, Vladimir Lenyashin. Harry N Abrams, 2000.

The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.

A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.

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