Chaloi Leonty, Russian, 1970 Oil on Cardboard River Landscape with Big Sky tiny drawing despite the loss of his

despite the loss of his feet

Titled “Landscape

Aging to the bronze all over which is part of what gives it a really wonderful presence

though there is also a hook screwed into the back

and the booklet nearby--which is super useful and also super fun reading

Chaloi Leonty, Russian, 1970 Oil on Cardboard River Landscape with Big Sky tiny drawing despite the loss of hisI purchased a small painting by this same Soviet artist, Chaloi Leonty, several months ago, which was such a gem I went back to the seller in Russia to buy two more larger in scale. I especially love the huge painterly blue sky of this one just right against the soft, varied greens and browns of the land and deeper blue of the snaking river. I also love how the bank of trees at center left is perfectly offset by the bridge just to its right, with a