Isaac ilyich leviton biography books

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At the beginning of the Levitan family moved to Moscow. Their mother died in when Isaac was fifteen, and two years later their father died after a long battle with typhus. After a year in the copying class Isaac transferred into a naturalistic class, and soon thereafter into a landscape class. In , the fifth traveling art exhibition arrived in Moscow and was displayed in the college building.

Later, he drew backgrounds for operas to earn his way to the Crimea. Only in the mid s did his financial situation improve, thanks to his hard work and sacrifice. However, a starving childhood and a stressful life took their toll on his health in the form of a degenerative heart disease. Upon returning, he organized a personal exhibition of 60 landscape paintings.

In Levitan fulfilled his dream and traveled to the banks of the Volga River. The beautiful nature inspired him to paint more varying landscapes. During this time he created many beautiful and varied paintings, showing his vision of different conditions of nature. In March Levitan became a member of the Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions, and by the end of the year, displayed ten of his paintings at a Moscow Society of Art Lovers exhibition.

He received wide acclaim from both fellow artists and the public. Levitan went abroad to test himself by visiting art galleries to see how artists worked in Europe. He went to France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, but, being a true patriot, he could not stand prolonged periods far from home. Petersburg protested, demanding his return, and finally, authorities had to let him back into the city, as he was not only famous in Russia, but also abroad.