Art

character. She isnt pompous, ornate or pretentious.
He was very lyrical painter and a very strong psychologist, he painted mostly women on the background of a scenery. His portraits are optimistic and the light and the shade of colour are in full harmony with the lines.
Isaac Levitan (1860-1900)

Levitan is famous throughout Russia for his ability to express the soul of Russian nature, and the artist always praised in his works the poetic beauty of Russian nature.
He is an outstanding master of the "moody" landscape, in which the personal, emotional and lyrical are forcefully emphasized. The objects of his paintings were the countryside, the fields, woodlands and meadows. Levitans pictures were a reflection of the life of the people. The painter sees nature as endowed with an inner life of its own. Levitans 1st paintings were like restrained melodies which later merged to form an intricate musical composition His pictures are filled with bright sun light. Their extraordinary freshness is enchanting. The Volga is closely licked to his creative life. The broad vista , the calm of the far stretching land, the measured flow of the deep river, the smooth curve of its banks together reproduce the inexplicable charm of nature. The masters brush captured the pensive sweet of the Volga, the changing light patterns, the continuous rhythm of life and the beauty of the landscape. The first success came with the picture "Evening on the Volga" in 1888. His famous canvases "After the rain", " The Reach"(1889) and "Evening Bells"(1892) also brought the artist fame. He longed to tell about Russia and its people, about their hopes, dreams, their sufferings and hardships. He is concerned with mans place in this la