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Lake. Spring

Creation period
1898
Dimensions
91x58,8 cm
91×58,8 cm
Technique
oil on canvas
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Isaac Levitan
Lake. Spring
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In the last years of his life, the recognized landscape painter Isaac Levitan begins to work on the large, monumental canvas ‘Lake’ - a collective image of Russian nature. The artist initially intended to name his painting ‘Russia, ” because it accommodated his thoughts on the character and soul of Russia. 

Nevertheless, the painting remained unfinished; now it is in the collection of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Many sketches of it preserved, one of which, probably, is a work from the collection of the Penza Art Gallery named after K.A. Savitsky. It was created in the Bogorodskoye estate of the Olenin family near Moscow, located beside Lake Senezh and the Podsolnechnaya (Sunflower) station of the Nikolaev Railway. 
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The stunning view made Levitan happy. On 23d of June 1898, he wrote to his friend, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, “I live here in a beautiful place, on the very high shore of the giant lake. There are wood all around and the lake is full with fish…”
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860–1900). The Lake. 1899–1900. Oil on canvas. State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg
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A lake lost in the middle of Russia, a sunny day, the deep blue expanse of water touched by the wind, clouds running across the sky, hectic crowns of birch trees - everything is so familiar and natal to Levitan. He was the first Russian artist who managed to see the uniqueness of central Russia’s landscape, to feel and capture its special modest lyrics. 

Konstantin Paustovsky wrote on Levitans’ art, “Levitan”s paintings require a slow examination. They do not stun the eye. They are modest and accurate, like Chekhov”s stories, and the further you peer into them, the sweeter the silence of the provincial towns, familiar rivers and country roads becomes.” 

Isaac Levitan was called “mood landscape painter”; nature in his paintings is inspired by emotions through which she is perceived by the artist and then by the viewer. In every corner, Isaac Ilyich Levitan was able to find something cherished and hidden.
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Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860–1900). Study. 1890-е гг. Cardboard, oil. Penza Regional Picture Gallery named after K.A. Savitsky
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Levitan is an artist who sang his song about Russian nature in such a clear, so captivating voice that we almost never find conflicting interpretations of his work in literature. Moreover, it’s hard even to meet viewers who, approaching his works with an open soul and heart, will remain indifferent. Those who will not fall under the charming, amazing sincerity and Levitan’s love of the Russian nature; will not fall under the charm of his rare ability to convey all shades, all the features of characteristic patterns of central Russia’s nature.
Boris Joganson
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Lake. Spring

Creation period
1898
Dimensions
91x58,8 cm
91×58,8 cm
Technique
oil on canvas
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