Isaak Levitan

Isaak Levitan
Isaac Levitan, Public domain

(1860–1900) rysk konstnär

Isaak Levitan (1860–1900) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Isaak Levitan belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Isaak Levitan was born in Kybartai and died in Moscow. Isaak Levitan trained at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Isaak Levitan worked in Lierna and Lake Como. Wikidata associates Isaak Levitan with realism.

The best-known works include ‘Golden Autumn’, ‘Lake. Russia’, and ‘A Quiet Monastery’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting and Impressionism. The catalogue has 131 works by Isaak Levitan with free images. The dated works span the years 1876–1900. Works by Isaak Levitan are held by several collections, among them Tretjakovgalleriet, Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, and House-museum of Isaac Levitan. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sally von Kügelgen, François Guiguet, Giacomo Grosso, Bruno Liljefors, and Alfons Mucha.