The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak

The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak
Author: Leonid Osipovich Pasternak
Publisher: London ; New York : Quartet
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1982
Genre: Painters
ISBN:

These are the memoirs of Leonid Pasternak, a Russian painter of the twentieth century. He traces his life from its beginnings in a poor Russian family, through to his emergence as one of Russia's finest portrait painters, then to his exile from Nazi Germany and emigration to the UK.

Leonid Pasternak, the Russian Years, 1875-1921: Text

Leonid Pasternak, the Russian Years, 1875-1921: Text
Author: Rimgaila Salys
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Leonid Pasternak (1862-1945) was an important Russian artist with a reputation as a fine portraitist. This fully illustrated catalogue raisonne covers much of the best of his oeuvre and contains over 2,000 items. The art historical introduction sets his work in the context of European art, and a biographical sketch has been written in close collaboration with surviving members of the artist's family.

Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak
Author: Christopher Barnes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2004-02-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521520720

This authoritative new biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak is the first part of a two-volume set, covering the period 1890-1928. Drawing on archives and many eyewitness accounts, Barnes' study sheds light on currently unexplored aspects of Pasternak's character and family background, and his artistic, social and historical environment. He combines biographical investigation with detailed textual analysis of translated quotations in verse and prose to reveal the source of Pasternak's extraordinary writings. The book examines a wide range of topics that include his musical enthusiasm and relations with Scriabin, his philosophical studies, his activities in World War I and his response to the 1917 revolutions, and his stance as a liberal artistic intellectual in the 1920s.