Genoese Fortress in Sudak (Lucini di Fiesco di Lavani Tower) Painting

This is a colorific cityscape by Valery Levanidov from 1965. Travelling to the Crimea the old painter created among other picturesque art works a triptych depicting different architectural monuments located on Genoese fortress territory. The Sudak Fortress territory avoided modern building, and due to exceptional safety, remains the unique integral example of fortification architecture of the genoese times. The painter was inspired by view of the famous fortification complex, and it seems he wanted to illustrate the importance of light in our perception of such grand-looking architectonical subject as fortress towers. All three art works are painted under different lighting conditions. The present art work represents the beautiful Lucini di Fiesco di Lavani Tower (1409). The clouded sky stresses sharp outline of the old tower, deepens an impression of magnitude this grandiose noble antique pile leaves on spectators of modern age. A collector's piece of art. 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For art works older than 50 years (but not older than 100 years) it takes about 1-4 weeks to get the necessary shipment permission. But a good news is WE ARE STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MUSEUM QUALITY ART WORKS!!!! It is not prohibited as with art works older than 100 years!!! Of course all paintings are professionally packed! (and packaging cost already included into the art work shipment price!) I add new listings regularly. If you are interested in fine arts and exactly in good paintings, do not forget to favorite me! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I will be happy to provide the necessary information! -------------------- For those who are interested in the Art and in particular in Valery Levanidov's art here is quick summary about the Painter: Valery Ivanovich Levanidov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Леванидов: April 1, 1905 – March 22, 1983 - Леванидов,_Валерий_Иванович ) was one of the prominent Russian painters of his era. He was born in Riga, Latvia. The artist received an excellent art education. He studied under Artur W. Fonvizin, Sergey Vasilyevich Gerasimov and Alexander Osmerkin at the state art school Vkhutemas ( ). The foundations of Levanidov’s art included truthful portrayals of nature, clear and innocent compositions and sincere tones. The artist’s early paintings are characterized by an intimate lyricism as well as a wise insight to the innermost beauty of the world. Valery Levanidov brilliantly captured the finest nuances of color using subtones in a poetic manner. The painter had a natural gift for seeing unique features in ordinary things. Unassuming subjects like autumnal leaves or a grove of trees could be transformed into the extraordinary as Levanidov could recognize and portray the connection between nature and the spirit world of mankind. Wide inner scale is characteristic in the content of Levanidov's small paintings like those you can see here at etsy. Levanidov is just not painting leaves, trees, and sky. Instead he is expressing his admiration for their innermost beauty as interpreted by a master of his craft. Many oil paintings from 1970 however like «Oktober» (from 1972), «Autumnal leaves» (from 1973) and a number of others including «Moscow. South-west» (from the state Russian Museum of St. Petersburg) are declarative of this style. Light effects, outright ornamentality, poetics of plastic and colorific generalizations are illustrative of them. In 1984 a personal exhibition of Valery Levanidov’s works was held in Moscow. This was the first time the general public had an opportunity to see all his art works - both oils and water colours -collected together. The exhibition was a major success. Representatives from more than 16 state museums of the former Soviet Union wanted to acquire his art works for their collections. Now more than 20 state museums in Russia as well as private art collection in the states and Europe have the artist's works in their collections. The museums include the state Russian Museum of St. Petersburg, State Historical Museum in Moscow, The Museum of Moscow, the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum of Art and many other prominent state museums. The art works origin from Valery Levanidov’s heirs.