Isaak Ilyich Levitan

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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.

25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence

Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson

Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art

A visitor looks at Tom Thomson's painting 'The West Wind' at an exhibition unveiled in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.

The Group of Seven Remembered

Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment

Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

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Is Australia an Island?

Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

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What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid

Isaak Ilyich Levitan: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Aleksei Feodorov-Davydov, Isaac Levitan: The Mystery of Nature (1995), trans. by George Nemetsky; Susan Tumarkin Goodman (ed.), Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change, 1890–1990 (1995), an exhibition catalogue; Averil King, Isaak Levitan: Lyrical Landscape, rev. ed. (2006).

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Description	Contributor	Date
First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 01, 2024
Anniversary information added.		Aug 26, 2023
Anniversary information added.		Jul 31, 2023
Modified title of Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Isaac Levitan.	Aakanksha Gaur	Mar 30, 2016
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Isaac Levitan.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 10, 2014
New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper Andrei D. Sarabianov	Jun 13, 2011