Taranto

Leonid Berman, artist

1896–1976

Taranto, 1954

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: oil; canvas

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 20 x 30 in

Credit line: Gift of W.B. Dixon Stroud

Accession number: 1974.0004

Not on display

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After the start of the Russian revolution in 1917, Leonid Berman and his brother Eugene were forced to flee the country. After settling in Paris, the brothers began to exhibit at Galerie Pierre, where their melancholy and introspective paintings were dubbed “Neo-Romantic.” While Eugene usually painted desolate, lonely landscapes featuring ruined sculptures, Leonid favored beaches and fishing boats, often imbued with a surreal dreamlike quality as seen in this forlorn depiction of the southern Italian coastal city of Taranto.