The artwork, titled “Fog over water,” was created by Isaac Levitan around the year 1895 in the Russian Federation. This piece is an oil painting on canvas, done in the Realism movement, and it spans 40.4 by 61 centimeters. A landscape painting by genre, it is presently housed in the Kirov Regional Museum of Fine Arts, also known as the Vasnetsov Museum, located in Kirov, Russia.
The artwork portrays a tranquil, mist-covered body of water with a hazy, ethereal quality. The moon hangs subtly in the misty sky, casting a faint glow over the landscape. The subdued, muted palette used by Levitan accentuates the foggy atmosphere, blurring the lines between the water, sky, and land. The presence of darkened trees and foliage in the foreground provides a stark contrast to the softly illuminated background. The gentle interplay of light and shadow in the artwork conveys a serene yet melancholic mood, characteristic of Levitan’s profound connection with nature and his ability to reflect its transient beauty.
