▁Tre ty akov ▁Gallery , ▁Moscow . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁he ▁travel led ▁to ▁Italy ▁where ▁he ▁painted ▁genre ▁and ▁impression istic ▁scenes ▁en ▁ple in ▁air . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁he ▁documented ▁a ▁scene ▁of ▁Russian ▁forces ▁fighting ▁in ▁the ▁S iles ian ▁Off ensive ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁ ▁Today , ▁Raf ail ▁Lev it sky ▁is ▁still ▁r ated ▁among ▁the ▁Great ▁Russian ▁artists ▁by ▁the ▁Art ▁Union ▁of ▁Russia . ▁ ▁Friend ship ▁with ▁Vas ily ▁D mit rie v ich ▁Polen ov ▁( 1 8 4 4 - 1 9 2 7 ) ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁life ▁Raf ail ▁Serge ev ich ▁Lev it sky ▁was ▁good ▁friends ▁with ▁fellow ▁It iner ant ▁artist ▁Vas ily ▁D mit rie v ich ▁Polen ov . ▁ ▁Polen ov ' s ▁ ▁fresh ness ▁of ▁color ▁combined ▁with ▁art istic ▁finish ▁of ▁composition ▁greatly ▁influenced ▁Lev it sky ' s ▁own ▁landscape ▁painting ▁style ▁and ▁treatment . ▁ ▁When ▁Raf ail ▁was ▁a ▁b ach elor , ▁he ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁together ▁with ▁Polen ov ▁in ▁" Dev ich ' e ▁P ole " ▁( the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁street ▁" Ma iden ' s ▁Field "), ▁in ▁an ▁att ic ▁of ▁the ▁O ls uf ev sky ▁House . ▁ ▁This ▁house ▁is ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Polen ov ▁in ▁his ▁painting ▁" Gr and m