Oil on Cardboard 1989 Russian Landscape by Chaloi Leonty gold leaf Perfect for carrying swimming goggles

Perfect for carrying swimming goggles

cracks or flaws

but now just clangs a bit when one sets it down

One could easily stick a cork or any old stopper in it to use that way

Oil on Cardboard 1989 Russian Landscape by Chaloi Leonty gold leaf Perfect for carrying swimming gogglesI think this is a little gem of a landscape, oil on cardboard and just over 5x7, though with a much larger presence! It's the work of Russian artist Chaloi Leonty, which I purchased from a member of the artists familyand which took about a month to make its way to me packed in nothing more than a simple unpadded envelope! From what I understand, Leonty was born in 1929 in the Urals, and graduated from the Leningrad Art College in 1955, where he