The book tells about the life and work of the brightest masters of the Russian landscape - the "great romance of the sea" Ivan Aivazovsky, who sang the beauty and power of the sea element; "Hero of the Russian landscape" Ivan Shishkin, who in his work composed a solemn hymn to his native nature; the founder of the "mood landscape" Isaac Levitan, who created the most poetic images of Russian nature. For a wide range of readers.