Sell: Leo Mezhberg 1933-2007

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Leo Mezhberg 1933-2007
Pastel on paper 24h32
Signature ... by reason of Novgorod .

Ukrainian painter. He was born in Odessa. In 1959 he graduated from OXY , where he studied under J. Frumin , N. Shelyuto , L. Muchnik . Member of the Republican and national exhibitions since 1960 , was repeatedly awarded with diplomas. Became part of the six best young artists of USSR, an exhibition of works which was exhibited in major cities of Europe. Member of the USSR Union of Artists since 1962 . In 1973 he emigrated to the U.S. in 1991 - 1994 he lived in Paris in 2001 - 2007 - in Italy. Participated in more than forty exhibitions in Ukraine , USA, France and Italy. Collaborated with the gallery Franklin Bowles ( San Francisco ), which is published two catalogs of works by Masters ( 2002, 2005 ). Author of landscapes, still lifes and genre scenes . His works are kept in the Tretyakov Gallery , RM , NHMU , Odessa , Simferopol , Kharkov , Saratov , Volgograd XM , museums in the U.S. , France, Brazil and the private collections of such famous personalities as Vladimir Horowitz, Mstislav Rostropovich , MM Shemyakin and Baryshnikov .