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Leonid Gechtoff was a Russian landscape painter who emigrated to this country in ; settling in Philadelphia, Pa. in , where he remained until his death in His wife Ethel Gechtoff ran a Gallery in San Francisco Scope and Contents Letters recieved, including several from J. Edgar Hoover concerning a painting by Leonid.Gechtoff was born in Philadelphia Little is known about Leonid Gechtoff, who was presumably of Eastern European or Russian descent. The titles of his paintings document than that he was active in Egypt, the American southwest, and Pennsylvania. He painted landscapes of the Middle East, marine scenes, and nudes with an unusually thick, textures impasto technique.
Large and important painting by Leonid Gechtoff was a Russian landscape painter who emigrated to this country in ; settling in Philadelphia, Pa. in , where he remained until his death in His wife Ethel Gechtoff ran a Gallery in San Francisco