Isaac Levitan is a renowned Russian artist, a master of "mood landscape." The lecture will discuss the artist's work. "Golden Autumn," "Above Eternal Rest," "Quiet Abode," "Evening Bell," "Birch Grove" - the landscapes of Isaac Levitan are familiar to many since childhood. How did he come to art? What aesthetic principles guided him? How did he become a member of the Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions? What place does he occupy in the history of domestic art? These and many other topics will be covered in the lecture on November 12. The visual material will consist of Levitan's paintings from the collection of the Russian Museum.