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| Academic painting of a mounted soldier by Leonid Steele |
In celebration of Leonid Steele's 90th birthday, Californian painter Alexey Steele, has created a website honoring the artistic achievements of his father, an important figure of 20th century Soviet Art. Covered on the site are the different art periods through which Leonid participated, from his days as a student at the Leningrad Repin Art Institute, through his roles as a Soviet Impressionist in the 1950s, and as a pioneer of the Severe Style in the 1960s. Not only does this tribute catalog the elder Steele's work, all of which is held intact in a single collection, but it also provides a historical overview of the changing face of Realism in the post-World War II Soviet Union through the biography of a single man. Make sure to check the site out, and to read the article on Leonid Steele in an upcoming issue of Fine Art Connoisseur.
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