Isaac Ilyich Levitan

A postal emission of Russia of 2010
A postal block devoted to the great Russian artist Issak Levitan. (1860-1900)
He is thought to have become the first painter of the  Russian scenery who revealed all its beauty.
There is something in his landscapes that reflects our own moods.
On the block you can see his painting "Fresh Wind. The Volga"

Below there are some of his most famous paintings.

Spring. High Water


Evening bells, 1892
It is interesting to note that the master of landscape, he never introduced figures into it. Though if you look at the Autumn Day in Sokolniki — everything seems to bring out the loneliness of the figure in the centre: the trees losing their leaves, the remote, indifferent sky, the path going off into the distance. But the fact is that it was not Levitan who painted the figure. It was Checkov's brother Nicolai who did it. But all the other parts of the canvas belong to Levitan's brush.

Autumn Day in Sokolniki

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