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Черемуха, Isaac Levitan, early 1880s
Isaac Levitan, portraitIsaac Levitan1860–1900

Черемуха

early 1880s · Painting · 22 × 31 cm

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State Russian Museum

Saint Petersburg, Russia

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Sep 28, 2026
Source
The museum
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About the painting

In the museum's own words — in Russian

Натурная работа в окрестностях Москвы явилась важным этапом в профессиональном становлении пейзажиста. Вслед за Сокольниками Левитан три лета провел в Останкино, куда вынужден был перевезти больную сестру. в этот период основным результатом занятий живописью стали многочисленные этюды. В них можно найти очарование тихих усадебных уголков (« Останкино », Ж-4274), радость оживающей под солнечными лучами природы (« Черемуха », Ж-4275 ; оба — начало 1880-х, ГРМ), красоту наполненного воздухом деревенского пейзажа (« Домик с ракитами », первая половина 1880-х, ГРМ, Ж-4273), величавость бесконечных прозрачных далей (« Жаркий день », 1883, ГРМ, Ж-1214).

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Этюд для Левитана имел особое значение. По убеждению художника, только в нем можно было увидеть все характерные черты выбранного мотива. Иногда для большей верности пейзажист начинал писать сразу два этюда одного и того же места. Он был уверен, что «в большом этюде больше вранья»* , и отдавал предпочтение камерным размерам. Результат натурной работы считал самодостаточным и в то же время обязательным художественным материалом для создания полноценной картины. Сергей Кривонденченков. « Пейзаж, завещанный И. И. Левитаном » // Исаак Левитан. К 150-летию со дня рождения. СПб, 2009. С. 7.

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State Russian Museum

Particulars

early 1880s
18601900
Accession number
Ж-4275

Meanwhile, in the life of Isaac Levitan

The whole life
  1. 1879

    Expelled from Moscow after the attempt on the tsar

    After Alexander Soloviev's attempt on Alexander II (2 April), a decree is issued forbidding Jews to live in Moscow, and the eighteen-year-old Levitan is expelled; for the next couple of years he lives with his brother, sister and brother-in-law in a small dacha at Saltykovka near Balashikha. A year later, with the money from the sale of his painting “Evening after Rain”, he rents a furnished room on Bolshaya Lubyanka.

  2. 1880

    Tretyakov buys “Autumn Day” for 100 roubles

    The famous philanthropist and art collector Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov buys the painting for 100 roubles and will go on to acquire about twenty more of Levitan's works.

  3. by 1883

    The school rejects his picture for the medal

    By 1883, disillusioned with the school, Levitan submits a landscape for a silver medal that would have made him a classed artist; Savrasov, by then drinking heavily and no longer teaching, writes “silver medal” on the back of the canvas, but the school rejects the painting and Levitan stops attending classes. Korovin repeated gossip that antisemitism played a part in the rejection.

  4. spring 1884

    He takes part in a Peredvizhniki exhibition

    In the spring of 1884 he takes part in the travelling exhibition of the Peredvizhniki; he will become a member of their Association in 1891.

  5. mid-1880s

    His heart disease sharply worsens

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Levitan's material situation improves in the mid-1880s, but a hungry childhood, an unsettled life and hard work tell on his health: his heart disease sharply worsens.

  • spring 1888

    He discovers Plyos on the Volga

    In spring 1888 he sails by steamer along the Oka to Nizhny Novgorod and on up the Volga with the artist Alexei Stepanov and Sofia Kuvshinnikova; to their own surprise they discover the small, quiet town of Plyos and decide to stay on for a while. The three summer seasons there (1888–1890) prove extremely productive: some two hundred works bring Levitan wide fame.

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    PaintingsOilRussian paintingImpressionism19th centuryLandscape painting

    Sources

    • State Russian Museum
    • Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
    Sokolniki. Autumn, Isaac Levitan, 1879

    Sokolniki. Autumn

    1879 · Tretyakov Gallery

    Fresh Wind. Volga, Isaac Levitan, 1885

    Fresh Wind. Volga

    1885 · Tretyakov Gallery

    После дождя. Плёс, Isaac Levitan, 1889

    После дождя. Плёс

    1889 · Tretyakov Gallery

    Birch grove, Isaac Levitan, 1889

    Birch grove

    1889 · Tretyakov Gallery

    Evening. Golden Plyos, Isaac Levitan, 1889

    Evening. Golden Plyos

    1889 · Tretyakov Gallery

    Золотая осень. Слободка, Isaac Levitan, 1889

    Золотая осень. Слободка

    1889 · State Russian Museum

    Evening Bells, Isaac Levitan, 1892

    Evening Bells

    1892 · Tretyakov Gallery

    The Vladimirka, Isaac Levitan, 1892

    The Vladimirka

    1892 · Tretyakov Gallery

    Два овала, Vasily Kandinsky, 1919

    Vasily Kandinsky

    Два овала, 1919

    Синий гребень, Vasily Kandinsky, 1917

    Vasily Kandinsky

    Синий гребень, 1917

    Импровизация 11, Vasily Kandinsky, 1910

    Vasily Kandinsky

    Импровизация 11, 1910

    Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ilya Repin, 1880–1891

    Ilya Repin

    Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, 1880–1891

    Автопортрет (Художник), Kazimir Malevich, 1933

    Kazimir Malevich

    Автопортрет (Художник), 1933

    Red Cavalry Riding, Kazimir Malevich, c. 1932

    Kazimir Malevich

    Red Cavalry Riding, c. 1932

    На жатву (Марфа и Ванька), Kazimir Malevich, 1928-1929

    Kazimir Malevich

    На жатву (Марфа и Ванька), 1928-1929

    Черный квадрат, Kazimir Malevich, c. 1923

    Kazimir Malevich

    Черный квадрат, c. 1923

    Красная церковь, Vasily Kandinsky, between 1901 and 1903

    Vasily Kandinsky

    Красная церковь, between 1901 and 1903

    State Russian Museum

    Яблоня в цвету, Kazimir Malevich, c. 1930

    Kazimir Malevich

    Яблоня в цвету, c. 1930

    State Russian Museum

    Цветочница, Kazimir Malevich, 1930

    Kazimir Malevich

    Цветочница, 1930

    State Russian Museum

    На дерновой скамье, Ilya Repin, 1876

    Ilya Repin

    На дерновой скамье, 1876

    State Russian Museum

    Вид в Крыму при закате солнца, Ivan Aivazovsky, 1862

    Ivan Aivazovsky

    Вид в Крыму при закате солнца, 1862

    State Russian Museum

    Березовая роща, Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1880s

    Arkhip Kuindzhi

    Березовая роща, 1880s

    State Russian Museum

    Крым, Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1900–1905

    Arkhip Kuindzhi

    Крым, 1900–1905

    State Russian Museum

    Днепр, Arkhip Kuindzhi, early 1900s

    Arkhip Kuindzhi

    Днепр, early 1900s

    State Russian Museum