Leonid Pasternak

Painter

Birthday April 3, 1862

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Russia

DEATH DATE May 31, 1945 (83)

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About

Post-Impressionist painter who was best known as the father of "Dr. Zhivago" author Boris Pasternak.

Before Fame

He studied law and medicine at Moscow University before entering the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany.

Trivia

He was a popular painter during his lifetime, and he became a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1905.

Family Life

He married pianist Rosa Isidorovna Kaufman, with whom he had four children. The couple's famous son, Boris, was born in 1890.

Associated With

He was a friend of Leo Tolstoy and illustrated many of Tolstoy's epic novels.