In winter, I especially want to fly… Ural artist Leonid Baranov

In the works of Leonid Baranov there is an infinite attraction that comes from his sincere old people, warming us with their love, bright eyes and warm smiles.

Leonid Pavlovich Baranov is a famous Ural artist. He was born on August 11, 1955 in the Kargapol grain farm of the Kurgan region. In 1984 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Art College named after. Shadra. He taught at the art school, worked at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio and in the workshops of Rosmonumentiskusstvo. Since 1987, he has been a freelance artist. Leonid Baranov's works are in many private collections in Russia and abroad. Currently lives and works in Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk region.

The art of the artist Leonid Pavlovich Baranov comes from childhood, from the village of Bobylevo, where he lived before the army with his grandmother Maria Egorovna. All his paintings are dedicated to simple village life and a couple of bright, happy, glowing with kindness old men. Looking at the serene smiling heroes, the audience themselves brighten and become kinder.