Leonard Turzhansky (1875–1945) was a Russian and Soviet impressionist painter.
He graduated from the Yekaterinburg Real School. He studied at the Central School of Technical Drawing in St. Petersburg (1895), the Stroganov School of Arts (1896–1897), and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (1898–1909).
From 1919, L. Turzhansky gave classes at the Yekaterinburg School of Arts and Industry. Before the revolution, he fulfilled icon painting orders, including those of the Kozhevnikov's icon painting workshop. However, afterwards he began to paint exclusively landscapes. Many of his landscapes feature animalistic tropes, with an accent on domestic animals such as horses, cows, and goats. Many of his works were inspired by the nature of the Ural Mountains; he worked especially hard in the village of Maly Istok near Yekaterinburg. It was here that L. Turzhansky painted his best works: Towards Evening, Spring, Early Spring, Evening in Spring, and others.
L. Turzhansky exhibited his paintings at exhibitions of itinerant artists and became a member of the Union of Russian Artists. The creative work of L. Turzhansky was closely linked with the traditions of the 19th-century Russian art, but he was one of the first artists in Russia to apply the artistic method of impressionism.
The postage stamp presents painting Moscow. Samoteka by artist L. Turzhansky (1910-1915, Museum of Russian Impressionism).
A painting from the collection of the Museum of Russian Impressionism
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Printing method |
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Format of the stamp |
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| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + partial varnishing + security system |
Comb 11¾:11¼ |
50 × 37 mm |
70 thousand stamps |