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It was no surprise then that his first exhibition of portraits,
landscapes, and what later came to be labeled as “imaginary
expressionism” was quickly censured, and many paintings
were removed before the public was allowed in.
leon’s arrival in the US in 1980 was more than a liberation of
his body but an exhilarating freeing of his heart, mind, and
artistic soul. He could now bring his own unique dimension
to the canvas. The seeds that were germinating internally
for so long flourished and flowered into the paintings we
see today; the female form, lush and sumptuous, alone or
in intricate organic primordial clusters, the tottering, shaky
trio, 2009 OIl ON CANvAS 36x18 IN. / 91x45 CM.
City Dreams, 2009 OIl ON CANvAS 58x32 IN. /147x114 CM.
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