person
Leonid Osipovich Pasternak
Pasternak
also: Пастернак, L. O. Pasternak, Leonid Pasternak
Almost certainly Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (1862-1945), the painter and illustrator (father of the poet Boris Pasternak), active doing illustration work for the Moscow press at this time; named here only by surname ("Pasternak's drawing is very good") as the author of a drawing Chekhov is returning to Kumanin. Flagged as a probable rather than certain identification, per the translator, since the letter gives the surname alone with no initials or further context.
Reading notes
- To F. A. Kumanin, 10 October 1889. Moscow. §3 Pasternak
Named here only by surname. Likely Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (1862-1945), painter and illustrator (father of the poet Boris Pasternak), active in Moscow press illustration at this time -- flagged as a probable, not certain, identification per the translator, since the letter gives no initials or further context.