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

despite the loss of his feet

Both are of the same design--lotus on the front and Japanese characters on the back

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

Titled “Landscape

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