Art of the 20th Century
Isaak Levitan
Isaak Levitan
(b Kibarta, 30 Aug 1860; d Moscow, 4 Aug 1900).
Russian painter of Lithuanian birth. He largely painted landscapes (including pastel sketches), which are noted for their emotive or symbolic resonance. His ‘landscapes of mood’ had a profound influence on Russian landscape painting, to which he introduced a sense of the unity of humankind and nature, and of the spiritual power of the Russian countryside.
