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Reading at the University of Washington Bookstore
Thanks to the University of Washington Bookstore in Seattle for sponsoring my presentation and book signing on January 27, 2016. About 50 people attended a slide show on Levitan’s paintings and their impact on Anton Chekhov.
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Alexander Lensky and Chekhov’s “The Grasshopper”
Alexander Lensky, an actor and manager of the Maly Theater in Moscow, frequently attended Sophia Kuvshinnikova’s soirees, where he became friends with both Levitan and Chekhov. On several occasions Lensky performed dramatic readings of Chekhov’s stories and one-act plays. In … Continue reading
Posted in Circle of Friends, Sophia Kuvshinnikova
Tagged Alexander Lensky, Anton Chekhov, Isaac Levitan
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Status Report
I’m revising my manuscript in preparation for submitting it to an interested academic publisher for evaluation. I have also updated the About the Book section to include a one-paragraph summary of each chapter. In the meantime, please submit any questions … Continue reading
Levitan’s Last Visit to Yalta
Levitan arrived at Chekhov’s newly constructed “White Dacha” in Yalta on December 24, 1899 to celebrate Christmas and the dawn of a new century. One day during his visit, Levitan was sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace … Continue reading
Posted in Homes and Museums, Lika Mizinova, Maria Chekhova
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Isaac Levitan, Yalta
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Itinerant Painters Group Portrait 1899
While organizing my notes for the chapter covering 1899, I came across the following chronological listing: “March 6. Levitan was photographed in St. Petersburg in a group of 19 Itinerant painters.” I went online to find the photograph using the … Continue reading
Posted in Homes and Museums, Itinerant Society, Moscow School of Painting
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Isaac Levitan, Vasily Surikov
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Levitan: Professor of Art
While Levitan is not well known outside of Russia, there is a small group of people in the U.S. and abroad who have long been inspired by his work: plein air painters. Unfortunately it’s very rarely possible to see his … Continue reading
Sergei Morozov’s 2,000 Rubles
When Levitan found out in early May 1897 about Chekhov’s coughing up of blood and 15-day stay at a Moscow clinic, he himself was on his way to the brine baths of Bad Nauheim in Germany for treatment of his … Continue reading
Posted in Circle of Friends, Lika Mizinova
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Isaac Levitan, Sergei Morozov
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Maupassant’s “Fort comme la mort”
When Levitan sought out Maria Chekhova’s sympathy for the messy affair of having both Anna Turchaninova and her daughter Varvara fall in love with him in the summer of 1896, she shot back angrily that perhaps he had been reading … Continue reading
Levitan and Diaghilev
Sergei Diaghilev is most well-known as the impresario of the Ballets Russes based in Paris between 1909 and 1929. So it may come as a surprise to learn that in the late 1890’s he played an influential role in supporting … Continue reading
Posted in Circle of Friends, Impressionism, Uncategorized
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Isaac Levitan, Sergei Diaghilev
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Antosha and Levitasha 