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Painting from Life, Portraiture and Composition
"It is wonderful that figurative realist painting is alive and thriving despite the
introduction of photography over 150 years ago. To me, this proves that an artistās hand
and soul along with his eagle eye cannot be replaced by a machine. The vibration of the
artistās heart and his unique skills are the most valuable and exciting part of realist
painting," says Leonid Gervits.
Mr. Gervits graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg,
Russia where his mastery of art was honed by deep-rooted European traditions of
figurative art. After postgraduate studies, he became a professor at the Repin Institute of
the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1991, Mr. Gervits moved to the United States.
He has exhibited widely around the world from Japan to Spain and has had oneman
exhibitions at Princeton University; the Dow Jones Gallery; Medici House Gallery,
Zurich, Switzerland; 1100 Madison Gallery, New York City; the Pushkin Museum,
Odessa, Ukraine; and the Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work is
in numerous private and international collections in France, Switzerland, Germany,
Norway, Japan and the United States, including the Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers
University, the National Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, and the State Art
Museum and the Pushkin Museum, both in Odessa, Ukraine, and other museums in
Russia.
Mr. Gervits is represented by the Medici House, Zurich, Switzerland; Chrysalis
Gallery, Southhampton, New York; Portrait South, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; and
Santa Fe Fine Art Brokerage, Santa Fe, among others.
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