The Washington Post, December 12th, 1987
Among the events around town with a Russian motif this week: "A Russian Impressionist: Leonid Pasternak, 1890-1945," has opened at Meridian House. He was the father of the more famous Boris Pasternak, author of "Doctor Zhivago" and winner of the Nobel Prize. Leonid Pasternak's work will likely never rival the son's in esthetic consideration. But it's hard to tell from this show. Pasternak made his living as a portrait painter-yet there are few such finished oil paintings among the 60 works here, and what there are seem disappointing. He wasn't the impressionist we think of when we hear the ter...
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