Isaac Levitan

Isaac Ilyich Levitan [Исаак Ильич Левитан] (30 August 1860 - 4 August {22 July O.S.} 1900) was a classical Russian landscape art painter who advanced the genre of the mood landscape.

Quotes

 * You probably think that my future landscapes will be soaked in pessimism, so to speak? Don’t worry, I love nature too much.
 * Letter to Sergei Diaghilev, quoted on The Arts Desk