Leonov, Pavel

Background: wandered around the then S.U. at an early age.
Education: ZNYI, Extramural People’s Arts University, a correspondence course for amateurs on the basics of painting.
Profession/occupation: numerous jobs.
Art form/medium: painting.
Start artwork: after settling in Mekhovitsy
Relevant info: his themes are from Russian villager’s life, celebrations, dances, events.
(Solo-) exhibitions: 2000 INSITA, Bratislava, one-man show; Russische naieven in Museum De Stadshof.
References: Thumm, C., en Zander, Ch.; Erste Begegnung mit der Russischen Naive, Bonnigheim 1999.
Outsider Art Sourcebook, 2009, p. 105

Calling his paintings ‘Constructions’, Leonov assembles colourful scenes, always framed like a theatre stage with fir trees, and a small strip of sky filled with his signature birds inhabiting the uppermost border.

Pavel Petrovitsch Leonov
1920 Orjol (Orel), Russia - 2011 Savino, Russia