Leonid Krivitski

1932 - 2015

Born in Elizavetgrad, Ukraine, Leonid Krivitski studied at the Repin Institute until 1959, then as a post graduate student until 1962. His works were included in the important show Soviet Russia, Moscow 1960. He was a prominent contributor to the socialist realism movement of the 1960s. A well known and respected artist. Matthew Cullerne Brown, The Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Painters, 1900-1980, Izomar Limited, 1998, London. p170