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# They say that when Chagall was in Moscow, he was so struck by the beauty of Levitan's canvases that he asked the Tretyakov Gallery to give him one landscape in exchange for all his own paintings
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/govoriat-chto-kogda-shagal-byl-v-moskve-on-byl-porazhion-krasotoi-poloten-levitana-i-prosil-tretiakovku-otdat-emu-odin-peizazh-v-obmen-na-vse-svoi-kartiny/
- Published: 2017-07-28T05:58:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:45:24.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Moscow, Museums, Observations, Humour

They say that when Chagall was in Moscow, he was so struck by the beauty of Levitan's canvases that he asked the Tretyakov Gallery to give him one landscape in exchange for all his own paintings. Fools, they should have agreed!