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Nisenbaum Leon Girshevich (1925-2000), Prayer, 2000, 100 x 80 cm, canvas/oil
(Work published in catalogue of the artist, a series of vanguard-на-Неве)


Leon nisenbaum – a bright representative of St. Petersburg art of the last century. Without him it is hard to imagine non-conformism, painting underground.

Leon nisenbaum has created his own artistic style in art. He graduated from LHPU them. V. I. Mukhina, Department of monumental-декоративной painting. Engaged in applied graphics and has ranked among the best masters of this art form. In 1956, Leon Nissenbaum becomes a member of the Union of artists of the USSR. The skill of the painter-монументалиста he combined with a passion for ceramics, working in the genre of still life.

In painting he paid special attention to colour, combinations of cold colors with warm, interested in the problems of color, color. His figures are born from the elements cool colors in a collision with a black or white and retain their generality, whether it's pictures of rabbis or houses. Today the works of Nissenbaum can be considered a classic of the Leningrad underground.

The works of Leon Nisenbaum stored in the State Russian Museum,the Museum of modern art, municipal Museum "Tsarskoye Selo collection", Ulyanovsk art Museum, the Museum of the Konakovo porcelain factory, in private collections in Russia, USA and Europe