Léonid Opanasievitch Pisarenko 1907-1979 Ukrainian School 20th.Century. Design for a Harlequin. Gouache on buff paper. 17 by 18 cms. Circa.1940
Ukrainian theatre and Costume designer and Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Pisarenko studied with Boris Kosarev at the Kharkiv Art Institute, graduating in 1936. Following distinguished War Service with the Red Army, he returned to theatre work designing primarily for the Kyiv and Kharkiv Theatres and Ballet.