In the Park. 1880 Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860-1900)

Description of Isaac Levitan’s painting In the Park

Levitan absorbed the best of Ostroukhov, Serov and Korovin and other friends into his art and created his own style, which came to be called the style of Russian landscape, and rightly came to be considered "Levitanian." Levitan was one of the most important Russian and European landscape artists of the 19th century.

His art absorbed the sorrow and joy of the time, his creative quest he embodied in lyrical images of Russian nature. Levitan’s works were enthusiastically evaluated by his contemporaries, who considered his paintings - mood landscapes, which are surprisingly truthful and authentic. During all his creative activity, he created several thousand sketches and paintings, with absolute certainty his work can be called - the standard in landscape painting. The native nature inspired this artist to create beautiful paintings. Isaac Levitan painted "In the Park" in 1880. In the upper part of the canvas is the sky. It’s covered with airy white clouds, the sky is amazingly beautiful, blue. It’s still summer, walking in the park, you can imagine the evening ringing of church bells in the distance, which rang out over the trees and the river. In the central part of this exhibit is the river, in whose water the trees are reflected. Looking at its blue and gray hues, one is imbued with the tranquility of this picture, its summer landscape captivates with its magical charm. The main emphasis is on the almost fallen birches, and the pines that stand behind them and rise above them.

Isaac Ilyich Levitan in any of his works managed to find an extraordinary depth of nature, which is intertwined with the life patterns of Russian man.