Leonid Gechtoff Pennsylvania (1883-1941) SOUTHWESTERN LANDSCAPE pastel, framed, signed: lower right sight size: H31 1/4" W29" *Artist biography: An American artist who lived much of the time in Cairo, Egypt, Leonid Gechtoff painted in the American southwest and also had a close affiliation with the state of Pennsylvania. His technique involved very heavy impasto, and his subjects were landscapes including desert scenes, Middle Eastern subjects, mosques, nude figures, and marine.