About the book: 1960 / The book tells about the short but bright life of a wise and sincere master of Russian landscape. He did not live even forty years. But ever since a thirteen-year-old boy entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, every day he was given over to creativity. The author reveals the power of influence of Levitan’s immortal canvases, how he went from the first timid and detailed landscapes to generalized paintings depicting typical images of nature, how they revealed the beautiful in the inconspicuous and brought joy to man with the harmony of colors and the power of feelings. Now the word “Levitansky” serves as a measure of the beauty of what he sees in nature. The reader learns about Levitan’s great and cordial friendship with A.P. Chekhov, with the artists Polenov, Serov, Nesterov. The author talks about the difficult life of the artist, the complexity of his spiritual world, ups and downs creativity. The reader will get acquainted with a man of great soul, enormous talent and inexhaustible hard work..