Isaac Levitan1860–1900Овраг
May one see it?
Unknown
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- Ж-4269
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
Meanwhile, in the life of Isaac Levitan
The whole life1896
Typhus again, and a heart aneurysm
After a second bout of typhus the symptoms of an aneurysm of the heart worsen; the illness becomes grave and incurable.
1896
An exhibition in Odessa with Simov and Popov
A joint exhibition of paintings and watercolours by Isaac Levitan, Viktor Simov and Alexander Popov is held in Odessa.
1896
A few weeks in Finland
He travels to Finland for a few weeks and paints “Fortress. Finland” (Olavinlinna castle in Savonlinna), “Rocks”, “Sea” and “Punkaharju”; in 1897 he finishes “Remnants of the Past. Twilight. Finland”.
1898
The title of academician and teaching at his old school
He is awarded the title of academician of landscape painting and begins teaching at the very school where he studied; he dreams of creating a “House of Landscapes” — a large studio where all Russian landscape painters could work.
summer 1900
Paintings at the World Exhibition in Paris
All summer, from June 1900, Levitan's paintings are shown in the Russian section of the World Exhibition in Paris.
22 July 1900
Died
