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FRANCE 1920 LEONID BERMAN (1896-1976) WAS BORN IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. HE STUDIED IN PARIS FROM 1919-1922 AT THE ACADEMIE RANCON. WHILE IN PARIS, HE WAS A STUDENT OF VUILLARD , BONNARD, SERUSIER, MAURICE DENIS, AND VALLOTON. HE LATER EMIGRATED TO NEW YORK.THIS DRAMATIC PAINTING DEPICTS A FRENCH FACTORY, PROBABLY A TEXTILE FACTORY ON THE BANKS OF A SHIPPING CANAL, WHICH HAS BEEN DRAPED TO CONTAIN THE DUST EMITTED FROM THE FACTORY.THE WHITE SHAPES ARE THE DUST COVERS.LEONID BERMAN'S HAD MANY EXHIBITIONS IN NEW YORK, LONDON AND PARIS FROM THE 1940'S TO THE 1960'S. HIS WORK IS ALSO IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT MUSEUM AND THE KANSAS CITY MUSEUM.
Art (paintings, prints, frames)
Architecture & Cityscape
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