Died 1900-07-22.
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Isaac Ilyich Levitan was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".
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culture · Russian painter (1860–1900) · painter · visual artist · also Isaac Levitan, Isaak Levitan, Isaḳ Leṿiṭan, Isaac Iljitsch Levitan, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, Isaac Ilyitch Levitan
Born 18 August 1860 · Died 22 July 1900 · Q211356
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Died 1900-07-22.
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Already world-famous, Levitan was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts and in 1898 he was named the head of the Landscape Studio at his alma mater
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Levitan had a falling out with Chekhov over The Grasshopper, a story Chekhov published in the "Sever" (North) magazine, which Levitan believed was based on his romantic relationship with Sofia Kuvshinnikova
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Became a member of the Peredvizhniki partnership
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Studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1885).
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The famous philanthropist and art collector Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov bought the painting for 100 rubles
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Isaac Levitan's works were first publicly exhibited and earned favorable recognition from the press
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His mother died, and his father fell seriously ill and became unable to support four children; he died in 1877
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The school admitted Nikolai Chekhov, brother of the Russian writer, Anton Chekhov who would later become Levitan's closest friend
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Born 1860-08-18.
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