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Isaac Levitan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Isaak Levitan, Isaḳ Leṿiṭan, Isaac Iljitsch Levitan, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, Isaac Ilyitch Levitan, Isaak Il'ich Levitan, Isaak Il'ic Levitan, Isaak Ilyich Levitan
Russian artist (1860-1900)
Isaac Levitan was a Russian landscape painter from 1860 to 1900 who is considered one of the most important artists of his era. His work is significant because he developed a distinctive style of landscape painting that captured the mood and atmosphere of the Russian countryside, influencing the direction of Russian art in the late 19th century.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Kėdainiai
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- A Quiet Monastery
- Field of work
- landscape painting
- Genre
- Impressionism
- Movement
- realism
- Image
- Isaac Levitan selfportrait1880.jpg
- Work location
- Lake Como
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- topic's main category
- Category:Isaac Levitan
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Isaac Levitan
- date of birth
- 1860-10-03
- date of death
- 1900-08-04
- Commons Creator page
- Isaac Levitan
- name in native language
- יצחק לעװיטאַן
- related category
- Category:Paintings by Isaac Levitan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- unmarried partner
- Sofia Kuvshinnikova
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Encyclopedic overview
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian: Исаа́к Ильи́ч Левита́н; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1860 – 4 August [O.S. 22 July] 1900) was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".
Life and work
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