Today I offer you to admire the beauty of the Russian nature through the eyes of the great Russian artist, Isaak Levitan. As the exact number of works created by him is unknown, it's impossible to fit them all in one post. I would like to share only those that are especially close to my heart... and touch me.

The Smoke on Water, 1895

The Village. Winter
World famous writer A. P. Chekhov said about it: 'Oh, if only I had money, I would have bought Levitan's Village — greyish, miserable, lost, ugly, but with an unspeakable air of charm you can't break away from: I could look and look at it...'

The Golden Autumn. Slobodka, 1889

The Autumn Landscape, 1880

Twilight. The moon

The Autumn Day, Sokolniki

Before the Storm

The Sunny Day. Spring, 1876-1877

Spring — the Great Water, 1897

The Birch Grove, 1885-1889

The Bird Cherry

The Cottage at Twilight, 1895

Twilight, 1900

The Ferns near Water, 1895

The Castle. Twilight, 1898

Some wonderful watercolours:

And finally, The Eternal Rest, the most Russian landscape of all ever created:

I hope you've been moved with the true art.