Lydia Torstensen

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Lydia Torstensen
Isaac Levitan: A Master of Pastel Art

Special issue. ISAAC LEVITAN

Levitan started using pastel sticks very early on. His youthful pieces such as the images of the little girls Nadya Yakovleva (1880, Russian Museum) and Lena Nenarokova (1880, Tretyakov Gallery) already have delicate pastel inclusions. However, it was not before the 1890s that Levitan's pastel explorations truly reached their creative peak. Among the pastels currently known and dated by the artist himself, "Storm" (1890, private collection, Moscow) is the earliest. From 1890 on Levitan created a number of remarkable pieces which established him as one of the premier masters of pastel art of the late 19th century.

 

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Lydia Torstensen
Master of Pastel Art

№3 2010 (28)

Levitan started using pastel sticks very early on. His youthful pieces such as the images of the little girls Nadya Yakovleva (1880, Russian Museum) and Lena Nenarokova (1880, Tretyakov Gallery) already have delicate pastel inclusions. However, it was not before the 1890s that Levitan‘s pastel explorations truly reached its creative peak. Among the pastels currently known and dated by the artist himself, “Storm” (1890, a private collection, Moscow) is the earliest. Since 1890, Levitan created a number of remarkable pieces which established him as one of the premier masters of pastel art of the late 19 th century.

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