Chaloi Leonty, Russian, 1970 Oil on Cardboard River Landscape with Big Sky tiny drawing I found it at an

I found it at an estate sale where is was displayed surrounded by tons of 19th century blue and white Chinese export porcelain

though there is also a hook screwed into the back

including one figure smoking from a pipe

with quite an aura

and the booklet nearby--which is super useful and also super fun reading

Chaloi Leonty, Russian, 1970 Oil on Cardboard River Landscape with Big Sky tiny drawing I found it at anI purchased a small painting by this same Soviet artist, Chaloi Leonty, several months ago, which was such a gem I went back to the seller in Russia to buy two more larger in scale. I especially love the huge painterly blue sky of this one just right against the soft, varied greens and browns of the land and deeper blue of the snaking river. I also love how the bank of trees at center left is perfectly offset by the bridge just to its right, with a