Isaac Ilyich Levitan (August 30, 1860 – August 4 1900) was a classical Lithuanian-Russian landscape painter who advanced thegenre of the "mood landscape".
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naturalistic and poetic than optical or scientific.
In the summer of 1890 Levitan went to Yuryevets (Юрьевец) and among numerous landscapes and etudLevitan's work was a profound
response to the lyrical charm of the Russian landscape. Levitan did not
paint urban landscapes; with the exception of the View of Simonov
Monastery(whereabouts unknown), mentioned by Nesterov, the city of
Moscow appears only in the painting Illumination of the Kremlin. During
the late 1870s he often worked in the vicinity of Moscow, and created
the special variant of the "landscape of mood", in which the shape and
condition of nature are spiritualized, and become carriers of conditions
of the human soul (Autumn day. Sokolniki, 1879). 
During
work in Ostankino, he painted fragments of themansion’s house and park,
but he was most fond of poetic places in the forest or modest
countryside. Characteristic of his work is a hushed and nearly
melancholic reverie amidst pastoral landscapes largely devoid of
human presence. Fine examples of these qualities include The Vladimirka
Road, 1892 Evening Bells, 1892, and Eternal Rest, 1894, all in the
Tretyakov Gallery. Though his late work displayed familiarity with
Impressionism, his palette was generally muted, and his tendencies were
more es he painted The View of Krivooserski monastery. So the plan of one of his best pictures, The Silent Monastery, was born. The image of a silent monastery and planked bridges over the river, connecting it with the outside world, expressed the artist's spiritual reflections. It is known that this picture made a strong impression on Chekhov.
During
work in Ostankino, he painted fragments of themansion’s house and park,
but he was most fond of poetic places in the forest or modest
countryside. Characteristic of his work is a hushed and nearly
melancholic reverie amidst pastoral landscapes largely devoid of
human presence. Fine examples of these qualities include The Vladimirka
Road, 1892 Evening Bells, 1892, and Eternal Rest, 1894, all in the
Tretyakov Gallery. Though his late work displayed familiarity with
Impressionism, his palette was generally muted, and his tendencies were
more es he painted The View of Krivooserski monastery. So the plan of one of his best pictures, The Silent Monastery, was born. The image of a silent monastery and planked bridges over the river, connecting it with the outside world, expressed the artist's spiritual reflections. It is known that this picture made a strong impression on Chekhov.
In 1897, already world-famous, he was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts and in 1898 he was named the head of the Landscape Studio at his alma mater.
Levitan spent the last year of his life at Chekhov’s home in Crimea. In spite of the effects of a terminal illness, his last works are increasingly filled with light. They reflect tranquility and the eternal beauty of Russian nature.
He was buried in Dorogomilovo Jewish cemetery. In April 1941 Levitan's remains were moved to the Novodevichy Cemetery, next to Chekhov's necropolis. Levitan did not have a family or children.
Isaac Levitan's hugely influential art heritage consists of more than a thousand paintings, among them watercolors, pastels, graphics, and illustrations.
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