№ 1440. 150th Anniversary of birth of Isaak Ilyich Levitan (1860–1900), painter

Isaak Ilyich Levitan is an outstanding Russian artist. The founder of genre «landscape of mood», he surprisingly authentically managed to transfer a lyrical image of the fine and light Russian nature. During the twenty-year period of creative activity Isaakom Levitan has created several hundred pictures and lots of preparatory studies. The most famous pictures of the artist are: "Birchwood" (1888), "Vladimirka" (1892), «Over eternal rest» (1894), «Fresh wind. Volga» (1895), «Spring – the big water» (1897), «Evening. A gold Reach» (1889), «Lake. Russia» (1900).
The stamp depicts the painting of I.I. Levitan «Fresh wind», the souvenir sheet depicts the portrait of the artist created by V.A. Serov.