A new, expanded edition of the first western study of this renowned Russian artist

This is the only western study of the renowned Russian landscape painter, Isaak Levitan (1860-1900). This third, expanded edition is further enhanced by new images and extra chapters about his portraits, still lifes and cityscapes; it also discusses his working methods and assesses the influence of his output on later artists.

Born into a poor Jewish family in Lithuania, Levitan was able to enrol at the Moscow School of Painting aged only thirteen. He made rapid progress, the great merchant collector Pavel Tretyakov buying one of his early paintings. In 1886 he sketched in the Crimea and from 1887 spent several summers painting in the Volga region.

Averil King has an especial interest in the art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She writes for 'Apollo Magazine' and 'Art Newspaper' and is the author of 'Isaak Levitan Lyrical Landscape' (Philip Wilson Publishers, 2004 and 2006) and 'Paula Modersohn-Becker' (Antique Collectors Club, 2009).

"Averil King has published a valuable and well-illustrated guide to his work...lyrical and atmospheric paintings."--The Independent, June 2004  

"This beautifully illustrated book effectively evokes his spirit."--Northern Echo, June 2004

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