Download or read book The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak written by Leonid Osipovich Pasternak and published by London ; New York : Quartet. This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the memoirs of Leonid Pasternak, a Russian painter of the twentieth century. He traces his life from its beginnings in a poor Russian family, through to his emergence as one of Russia's finest portrait painters, then to his exile from Nazi Germany and emigration to the UK.