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Leonid Gechtoff
(1883–1941)
A Winter Morning in New Jersey
Oil on canvas, 25 × 30 inches
Signed and dated at lower right: “L.Gechtoff ’39”
Inscribed in ink on canvas verso: “A Winter Morning in N.J./By Leonid Gechtoff
M.A.A 1939”
Little is known about Leonid Gechtoff, who was presumably of Eastern European
or Russian descent. The titles of his paintings document than that he was active
in Egypt, the American southwest, and Pennsylvania. He painted landscapes of
the Middle East, marine scenes, and nudes with an unusually thick, textures
impasto technique. The date on this unidentified winter scene indicates that
Gechtoff worked in New Jersey shortly before his death in 1941.
Copyright ©2005 The Schwarz Gallery
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