Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky (or Rafael Sergeevich Levitsky, or Raphael Sergeevich Levitsky Russian: Рафаил Сергеевич Левицкий; 1847-1940 was a Russian genre, romantic, and impressionist artist who was an active participant in the Peredvizhniki Movement. His letters to his artist friend Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov 1844-1927 are a personal account of many of the key figures in Russian art who exhibited during their lifetime. Rafail was born into a wealthy family.

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  • Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky (or Rafael Sergeevich Levitsky, or Raphael Sergeevich Levitsky Russian: Рафаил Сергеевич Левицкий; 1847-1940 was a Russian genre, romantic, and impressionist artist who was an active participant in the Peredvizhniki Movement. His letters to his artist friend Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov 1844-1927 are a personal account of many of the key figures in Russian art who exhibited during their lifetime. Rafail was born into a wealthy family. He was married to Anna Vasilevna Olsufevsky. He was the cousin of Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen, the writer and outstanding public figure; and son to Sergey Lvovich Levitsky, one of the founders of photography in Russia; most noted for his famous portraits of the Romanov family. He was friend to author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy who visited and stayed with him and his wife on several occasions. Rafail Levitsky was also an acclaimed photographer and art professor.
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  • Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky (or Rafael Sergeevich Levitsky, or Raphael Sergeevich Levitsky Russian: Рафаил Сергеевич Левицкий; 1847-1940 was a Russian genre, romantic, and impressionist artist who was an active participant in the Peredvizhniki Movement. His letters to his artist friend Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov 1844-1927 are a personal account of many of the key figures in Russian art who exhibited during their lifetime. Rafail was born into a wealthy family.
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  • Rafail Levitsky
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