Isaac Levitan1860–1900Звенигород
May one see it?
Unknown
Cheboksary, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
In the museum's own words — in Russian
Пейзажный этюд. На первом плане идущая вниз сиреневато-охристая тропинка. Вокруг теплая зелень травы. Правая часть композиции в тени. Слева освещенная солнцем лужайка. На последнем плане высокое дерево, свежий забор, темная поленница дров. Серебристо-серое небо занимает почти 1/2 часть композиции.
Chuvashian State Arts Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- РЖ 209
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia
- Image: Chuvashian State Arts Museum — © Чувашский государственный художественный музей · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
Meanwhile, in the life of Isaac Levitan
The whole lifeby 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
