Artist
Leonard Boden
Leonard Boden is a Realism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Leonard Boden painted singers on stage during the 1950s and ’60s, catching the moment under bright house lights. In 1961 he stood backstage at Covent Garden and captured Boris Christoff in full costume as Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, the bass’s fur-trimmed robes catching the glow of the footlights. Boden’s brushwork freezes the hush just before the downbeat, the score’s heavy chords trapped on the canvas. Look next at the same backdrop painted in 1959 when Christoff took on Mussorgsky’s Pimen.
Works by Leonard Boden
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.