Isaac Ilyich Levitan

Born August 30, 1860 in the village. Kybartai now Kybartai (Lithuania), the son of a railroad employee. Jew.
Primary education received at home.
At the end of 1860 Levitan family moved to Moscow.
In 1873 entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In 1877 Little was awarded a silver medal for "sketch in oils". In the same year after the death of his mother and then his father's young Levitan plunged in hopeless poverty. Due to non-payment of fees he was expelled from school, but soon, with the help of friends, he returned there as a scholar, "which has had great success in art". In the same year entered the studio A. K. Savrasov. And then took first in the life of the painter exhibition of his paintings.
In 1879, Tretyakov Gallery acquires first picture Levitan - Autumn Day. Sokolniki.
In 1884, Levitan left school. Then he began to speak at the exhibitions of Moscow Society of Art Lovers.
Since 1888 took part in the ongoing road shows.
In 1887 - 90 has repeatedly been on the Volga, Pleso. These visits had a great influence on his work.
. In 1892, Levitan as an unbaptized Jew was asked to leave Moscow, and he had long to live in Tver and Vladimir provinces, while worries influential friends did not allow him to return.
. In 1896, the second suffered a fever, a complication that has heart.
. In 1898, Levitan received the title of academician in the same year became a lecturer at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
. During his creative life to write about a thousand paintings, drawings, sketches and sketches.
. Died July 22, 1900 in Moscow.


. Biographies

• Short biography and one of the works and
  . I. Levitan site "Khimkinskiy art gallery.
  
  
• Portrait and biography and. I. Levitan site "Russian Biographical Dictionary". Links to other resources on the site.
  
  
• Extensive biography and one of the works and. I. Levitan, see "Universal Encyclopaedia" on megaportals "Cyril and Methodius".
  
  
• Biography and. I. Levitan in the chronological tables "Chronos" on the server online literary magazine "Russian pp.
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• "The sadness and beauty of the landscape"
  . Biographical article about AND. I. Levitan in the journal "Russian House" (б? 8, August 2000).
  
  
• Very detailed biography and. I. Levitan, a large collection of his paintings on the portal "Culture of Russia".
  
  
• Brief biography and. I. Levitan in the "Famous Jews of different ages and countries" at "7:40 - Central Jewish Resource.
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• Portrait and detailed biography and
  . I. Levitan, chronicles his life and work, art H. N. Ge, dedicated artist, the site of the Interregional Center of Spiritual Culture ".
  
  
• Brief biography and. I. Levitan and one of his works at the State Tretyakov Gallery.
  
  
• "What violently in the chest". Extensive biographical article about AND. I. Levitan in the Russian-American newspaper "Evening New York" (21 - 23 July 2000).
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Photos

• On this page, in the "Russian Portrait Gallery, you can find portraits and 4
  . I. Levitan.
  
  

Portfolio

• Information about the life and. I. Levitan Pleso. A selection of paintings, he wrote in this period of life. Hosted on server administration of the Ivanovo region.
  
  
• 7 works and. I. Levitan can be found in the section "Russian Art" on a private page, George Mitrevski (Auburn University, USA).
  
  
• Painting and. I. Levitan's "Summer Evening. River "on site" Interregional Center of Spiritual Culture ". The history of painting and a review of the artist's work.
  
  
• Painting and. I. Levitan's "Dandelion" on site "Interregional Center of Spiritual Culture". Abstract.
  
  

Publications

• Story By. G. Paustovski "Isaak Levitan" at the Library of Maxim Moshkova. "
  
  
• Lesson Plan "Understanding the landscape painters and. I. Levitan "in the weekly" Primary School "(б? 18, 1999). Paintings and a portrait of the artist.
  
  
• "The most beautiful in the world abyss'. An article about the picture and. I. Levitan's "After the Rain. Ples "in the magazine Ogonyok" (б? 40, October 6, 1997).
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Summary of I. I. Levitan, his relatives and namesake on the site "Russia's genealogical tree."