Academically-trained classical artist Lev Chistovsky did not succumb to the many anti-classical movements and adhered to a representational art throughout his career. He left Russia to avoid having to paint in the de rigueur Socialist Realist style. His “Reclining Nude” has a cool sensuality but still retains a unique melancholy with classical sensibilities that permeates the treatment of the sitter. A Mixed-Media work of art.