Tag Archives: Sophia Kuvshinnikova

Photo Portrait of Levitan

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Serge Gregory

                The photo portrait of Levitan on the left is one of the most expressive taken of him and has been widely published. However, when and where the photo was taken are often … Continue reading →

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Sophia Kuvshinnikova’s Diary

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Serge Gregory

People had widely divergent opinions of Sophia Kuvshinnikova, who was Levitan’s mistress from sometime in the late 1880s until 1894. Chekhov found her to be a social gadfly and couldn’t forgive her for cuckolding her husband, a hard-working and unassuming … Continue reading →

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