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Горы. Крым, Isaac Levitan, 1886
Isaac Levitan, portraitIsaac Levitan1860–1900

Горы. Крым

1886 · Painting · 19.9 × 32.3 cm

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Unknown

Tretyakov Gallery

Moscow, Russia

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

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About the painting

In the museum's own words — in Russian

Весной 1886 года молодой Исаак Левитан впервые посетил Крым. Природа полуострова с первых дней взбудоражила Левитана. «Чувствую себя превосходно, как давно не чувствовал, и работается хорошо (уже написал семь этюдов, и очень милых), и если так будет работаться, то привезу целую выставку», – писал художник близкому другу А.П. Чехову. За два месяца путешествия он объехал почти весь южный берег, посетив Алушту, Массандру, Ялту, Симеиз, Кореиз и Бахчисарай. Интересовали живописца не «открыточные виды», к которым обращались его предшественники, а выразительные мотивы, раскрывающие естественную красоту величественных горных массивов древней Тавриды. Каменистая, выжженная солнцем почва, яркая зелень сосен и кипарисов, извилистые тропы в скалах – таким предстает Крым в этюдах пейзажиста.

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На небольшом этюде «Горы. Крым» изображена гора Нишан-Кая, или Шаан-Кая, что в переводе с тюркского означает «Соколиная гора». Подъем на вершину по пологому северному склону был популярным маршрутом прогулок во второй половине XIX века. С этого места и сегодня открывается широкий панорамный вид на Алупку, Симеиз и отвесную стену Ай-Петри. Южная часть Соколиной горы представляет собой скалу с отрицательным углом наклона и высотой 250 метров. Для этюда художник выбрал именно южный скалистый вид горы, словно парящей над долиной. Перед таким утесом путник в полной мере ощущает величие гор и чувствует свою беззащитность.

Tretyakov Gallery

Particulars

1886 · aged 26
18601900
Accession number
Ж-284

In the catalog

PaintingsOilRussian paintingImpressionism19th century

Sources

  • Tretyakov Gallery
  • Image: Tretyakov Gallery — © State Tretyakov Gallery

Meanwhile, in the life of Isaac Levitan

The whole life
  1. 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.

  2. mid-1880s

    His heart disease sharply worsens

    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.

  3. spring 1885

    He graduates without the title of artist

    In spring 1885, at twenty-four, he graduates from the school but does not receive the title of artist: he is given a diploma as a teacher of penmanship. He has no money.

  4. April 1885

    He settles at Maximovka and meets Chekhov

    In April 1885 he settles in the remote village of Maximovka near Babkino, where the Chekhovs are staying at the Kiselyov estate; his acquaintance with Anton Pavlovich Chekhov begins a friendship and rivalry that will last all his life.

  5. 1886

    The Crimea and an exhibition of fifty landscapes

    A trip to the Crimea in 1886 restores his strength; on his return Levitan organises an exhibition of fifty of his landscapes.

  6. 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.

More by Isaac Levitan

All works
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

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Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581, Ilya Repin, 1883

Ilya Repin

Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581, 1883

Movement I, 1935

Movement I, 1935

Moscow, Zubovskaya Square, Study, 1916

Moscow, Zubovskaya Square, Study, 1916

Moscow I, 1916

Moscow I, 1916

Composition VII, 1913

Composition VII, 1913

The Lake, Vasily Kandinsky, 1910

Vasily Kandinsky

The Lake, 1910

Lake, 1910

Lake, 1910

Moscow Environs, 1908

Moscow Environs, 1908