Fresh Wind. Volga
Isaac Levitan · 1885
Why it's great
Sailboats lean in a stiff wind on the wide Volga River, under a big sky of fast-moving clouds. Isaac Levitan, a Jewish painter who grew up poor in Moscow, was one of Russia's greatest landscape painters. He painted the Volga in 1885 and captured the feeling of wind and open space. It shows how he made simple scenes powerful.
Where to see it
📍 State Tretyakov GalleryMoscow, Russia
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Isaac Levitan was born in Lithuania to a Jewish family and grew up in Moscow, where he studied painting. He became one of Russia's greatest landscape painters, known for his poetic scenes of rivers, forests and quiet villages. He often painted along the Volga River. He died in Moscow in 1900, at age 39. Levitan was born into a poor Jewish family in Lithuania, and he rose to become one of the most beloved painters in Russia.
