Misplaced Pages

Leonid Pasternak: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 22:21, 12 November 2005 editAlex Bakharev (talk | contribs)49,616 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 22:22, 12 November 2005 edit undoAlex Bakharev (talk | contribs)49,616 edits →BiographyNext edit →
Line 9: Line 9:
In ]-] Leonid studied at ], first at Medical Department, then at the Department of Law. Eventually he decided to devote his life to the Art and entered the ''Royal Academy of Art'' in ] that he graduated in ]. He returned to Russia, served the compulsory two years in the Army (] regiment) and in started a carreer as a full time painter. In ]-] Leonid studied at ], first at Medical Department, then at the Department of Law. Eventually he decided to devote his life to the Art and entered the ''Royal Academy of Art'' in ] that he graduated in ]. He returned to Russia, served the compulsory two years in the Army (] regiment) and in started a carreer as a full time painter.


The start of the carreer was very successful. His first exhibited painting was bought by ] the most important art sponsor in Russia of the time. He soon became a popular painter, a member of so called ] circle, that included ], ], ], ]. Leonid Pasternak was one of the first Russian painters who labelled himself as an ]. In Russia of 1880ies and 1890ies it was novel enough to draw attention to an artist. Leonid also was a member of the ] and ''Soyuz of Russian Artits'' movements. The start of the carreer was very successful. His first exhibited painting was bought by ] the most important art sponsor in Russia of the time. He soon became a popular painter, a member of so called ] circle, that included ], ], ], ]. Leonid Pasternak was one of the first Russian painters who labelled himself as an ]. In Russia of 1880ies and 1890ies it was novel enough to draw attention to an artist. Leonid also was a member of the ] and ] movements.





==External links== ==External links==

Revision as of 22:22, 12 November 2005

Self portrait with the wife

Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (Template:Lang-ru, April 4 1862 N.S. - May 31 1945) was a Russian Impressionist painter.

Biography

Leonid Pasternak was born in Odessa to the family of a Jewish inn-keeper on April 4 1862. He was the youngest of the six children in the family. He started to draw very early, but the family was trying to stop him, as they were affraid the drawing interfer with his school studies. His first sponsor was the local street cleaner who actualy was buying the art of Pasternak since Leonid was seven years old.

In 1881-1885 Leonid studied at Moscow University, first at Medical Department, then at the Department of Law. Eventually he decided to devote his life to the Art and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Munich that he graduated in 1887. He returned to Russia, served the compulsory two years in the Army (artillery regiment) and in started a carreer as a full time painter.

The start of the carreer was very successful. His first exhibited painting was bought by Pavel Tretyakov the most important art sponsor in Russia of the time. He soon became a popular painter, a member of so called Polenov circle, that included Valentin Serov, Isaac Levitan, Mikhail Nesterov, Konstantin Korovin. Leonid Pasternak was one of the first Russian painters who labelled himself as an impressionist. In Russia of 1880ies and 1890ies it was novel enough to draw attention to an artist. Leonid also was a member of the Peredvizhniki and Union of Russian Artists movements.

External links

Categories: