SIGNED Oil Painting ~ PENNSYLVANIA AUTUMN LANDSCAPE ~ Dated 1929 LEONID GECHTOFF

Description: Original oil painting on masonite by Russian/American artist Leonid Gechtoff (1883-1941). An Autumn landscape, probably the environs of Philadelphia. The painting is hand signed and dated in the lower right and measures 20 1/8 x 24 inches. It has typical craquelure, and has accumulated some age grime and yellowed varnish, otherwise in excellent condition. Leonid Gechtoff (1883-1941) was born in Odessa, at that time imperial Russia. Around 1905, he fled with his parents to Egypt, supposedly to escape being drafted into the Russian Army. There he started painting in the orientalist style. He was a great admirer of Van Gogh, and went to the Netherlands, Van Gogh's native country, where he met his Russian wife Etya. In 1918 he and his wife moved to the Dutch East Indies, where he was inspired by the landscapes of Java. In 1921 the couple settled in Philadelphia, where both becoming US citizens. Along with inclusion in various group exhibitions, Gechtoff's work was featured in a solo show at the Philadelphia Art Alliance in the early 1930s. Gechtoff achieved substantial success throughout the 1920s from his landscape paintings of the countryside around Philadelphia, but the Wall Street Crash of 1929 erased all his gains. Gechtoff struggled financially through the 1930s, but continued vigorously painting in his vivid and distinctive style, a blending of post-Impressionism and Expressionism. He died in 1941 at the age of 58.

Price: 335 USD

Location: Brooksville, Florida

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