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Isaac Levitan

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1900)

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Born
August 30, 1860
Died
August 4, 1900
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1860

About Isaac Levitan

Isaac Ilyich Levitan was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". In 1877, Isaac Levitan's works were first publicly exhibited and earned favorable recognition from the press. Previously, the Russian countryside had been considered too uninteresting for painting, but for Levitan landscapes became the center of his work. In the spring of 1884 Levitan participated in the mobile art exhibition by the group known as the Peredvizhniki and in 1891 became a member of the Peredvizhniki partnership.

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Isaac Levitan timeline

  1. In 1877, Isaac Levitan's works were first publicly exhibited and earned favorable recognition from the press.
  2. In the spring of 1884 Levitan participated in the mobile art exhibition by the group known as the Peredvizhniki and in 1891 became a member of the Peredvizhniki partnership.

The world when Isaac Levitan was born

Isaac Levitan was born in 1860. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineAbraham Lincoln elected — South Carolina secedes
  • Technology milestonePony Express mail service begins
  • World population~1.4B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Buchanan
  • U.S. population31.4M

1860 versus 2026

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Measure18602026
Population31.4M341 million

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