Painter, illustrator, theater artist. Born in 1906 in Grodno. After the birth of his son, the family moved to Moscow. Simultaneously with his studies in senior high school, Leonid attended the private studios of artists F.I. Rerberg and A.E. Miganadzhian and was a volunteer student in the first state free art workshops in the class of I.I. Mashkova. In 1924, he entered the Academy of Arts in Leningrad, where he studied with the wonderful artist K.S. Petrova-Vodkina In 1927, he transferred to Moscow to the Vkhutein (Higher Art and Technical Institute) and ended up in the workshop of D.P. Shterenberg. In 1930, he graduated from Vkhutein and began to work professionally in book illustration. In 1932, Leonid Pavlovich became a member of the Union of Artists, in the graphics section. During the Great Patriotic War he went to the front. During his army service, he also worked as an artist for front-line newspapers (“Wings of Victory”, “Into the Battle for the Motherland”). In 1944, after hospitalization, Zusman was demobilized due to illness. He began collaborating with TASS Windows and various publishing houses, and was also the art editor of Around the World magazine. Leonid Pavlovich Zusman participated in many Moscow, republican, all-Union and foreign exhibitions. Back in 1929, his works were presented at an exhibition of Soviet art in New York, in 1931 at the Paris Exhibition, and in 1939 in Brussels. In 1959, at the International Book Fair in Leipzig, he was awarded a silver medal. His works are in the collections of the Russian Museum, Tver Art Museum, and the Tbilisi Museum of Art.
Zusman L.P. Year – 1935 Size – 52.7x44.5. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Description:Double-sided work. On the reverse side is "Nina Dorliak's performance."
Будущий аукцион №196 27 ноября 2025 г.
Zusman L.P. Year – 1965 Size – 46.5x59.4 (clear). Technique – Paper, ink, tempera.
Description:Signed and dated lower right.
Аукцион № 170 Аукцион №170 22 февраля 2022 г.
Zusman L.P. Year – 1954 Size – 66.5x48. Technique – Oil, tempera on cardboard.
Прошедший аукцион №194 16 сентября 2025 г.
Zusman L.P. Year – 1950s Size – 81x65.5. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Аукцион № 116 «Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XVIII-ХХ веков» 02 ноября 2010 г.
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