Author Biography
Leonid Styl (1921–2014) was a painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Krakow Art Institute (1945–1947), the Kharkiv Art Institute (1945–1947), and the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (until 1953). His instructors included S. Besedin, Y. Daits, O. Kokel, V. Meshkov, and R. Frents. He was a master of historical genre painting and worked in the fields of easel painting and book illustration. He was a representative of alternative art movements in Ukraine during the 1960s. He was the founder and first director of the Balashikha Art Gallery (Russia, 1976–1986). He participated in republican (since 1954), all-Union (since 1953), and solo (since 1960) exhibitions. He was a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. He spent his final years living in the USA.
Leonid Styl (1921-2014)
«Франция», 1960-е
paper,
gouache
Author Biography
Leonid Styl (1921–2014) was a painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Krakow Art Institute (1945–1947), the Kharkiv Art Institute (1945–1947), and the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (until 1953). His instructors included S. Besedin, Y. Daits, O. Kokel, V. Meshkov, and R. Frents. He was a master of historical genre painting and worked in the fields of easel painting and book illustration. He was a representative of alternative art movements in Ukraine during the 1960s. He was the founder and first director of the Balashikha Art Gallery (Russia, 1976–1986). He participated in republican (since 1954), all-Union (since 1953), and solo (since 1960) exhibitions. He was a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. He spent his final years living in the USA.