The Pasternak family Nanny
1890 · watercolour over pencil on beige paper
“I was born in Odessa, but I never valued that fact...”— Leonid Pasternak, Memoirs
Leonid Pasternak
1862–1945 · Painter & Illustrator
Leonid Osipovich Pasternak was one of Russia's foremost Impressionist painters, renowned for his portraits of Tolstoy, Einstein, Rilke, and other luminaries. A professor at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, he illustrated Tolstoy's “Resurrection” and produced an extraordinary body of work spanning oils, pastels, and drawings.
Selected Works
Lev Tolstoy
1890 · charcoal on paper
Lev Tolstoy
1890 · watercolour and black chalk on heavily textured paper
The artist’s wife
1892 · oil on canvas, mounted on board
Black Sea with moon
1896 · oil and canvas mounted on board
Dr Osip Kaufmann
1897 · oil on canvas
Lev Tolstoy
1898 · oil on canvas
The artist’s mother
1900 · oil on canvas
Boris Pasternak
1901 · black and red chalk on grey Ingres paper
Asya and Olya
1903 · oil sketch on canvas
Lydia Pasternak
1906 · coloured chalks on buff paper
Lydia
1906 · coloured chalks on buff paper.