Description of the attraction
The memorial house-museum of I. I. Levitan is located in an old mansion with a mezzanine of the nineteenth century, which before the revolution belonged to the merchant P. Solodovnikov. In this house, since 1888, Isaac Ilyich created his most famous canvases: “Evening. Golden Plyos "," Quiet Abode "," Above Eternal Peace "," Birch Grove "and many other masterpieces of landscape painting.
The area that gave Levitan inspiration was named Plyos due to its special relief, where the river bed becomes deeper and the banks are more steep, creating fabulous views by nature itself. A quiet town, a house on the banks of the Volga River, picturesque surroundings and a calm atmosphere helped to create a total of more than two hundred works known all over the world. It is not without reason that Levitan's “splash” period is considered to be the formation of a distinctive artist.
The museum has two exhibition halls. In the first - the development of the artist's creative biography, in the second hall, the original canvases of Levitan with the works of his friends A. Stepanov and S. Kuvshinnikova are exhibited. on the top floor (in the mezzanine) there are memorial rooms where Isaac Ilyich lived with his friends. Nowadays, the house-museum of the famous painter is part of the Plessk art, historical and architectural museum-reserve.
Near the museum, on the banks of the river, a monument was erected to the great Russian landscape painter who glorified a small town in the Ivanovo region with his creativity.
The house-museum has repeatedly been the place where scientific and practical conferences of the Plessky Museum-Reserve were held. Literary and musical evenings and other events are successfully held here.
