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Léon Tzeytline, also known as Léon Zeytline, is associated with the dates 1885–1962 and was born in Paris according to the available biography. His subjects include Parisian urban life and the evolution of its transport, from horses and the Métro to trams, horse-drawn carriages and automobiles. He received his initial artistic training from Ivan Aïvazovsky, then joined the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1900, graduating in 1906. He subsequently went to Paris. The biography describes him as painting his preferred subjects freely rather than working on commission. Fashionable cafés, cabarets and grand boulevards are among the urban motifs it mentions.
The works cited include Avenue de l’Opéra and Les Champs-Élysées. Tramway, calèches et automobiles sur le Boulevard de Strasbourg is noted as reproduced on page 216 of the catalogue raisonné. The female figure occupies a central place in his paintings and watercolours. His work also includes seascapes, intimate scenes and scenes in jazz clubs in the United States, where he travelled in 1949. From 1949, he lived in Mulhouse with Anne-Marie Bisch and died there in 1962. The source states that paintings by the artist are held in the museums of Carnavalet, Hamburg and Mulhouse.
This profile brings together identity references for Léon Tzeytline and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
7 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Lempertz, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Ansicht des Moskauer Boulevards mit dem Roten Tor
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-05-18
Published result : 8060 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Oil on canvas
Marinestück mit Segelschiff.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-11-11
Published result : 5500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Oil on panel
"Le phare d'Ar-Men (Finistère)"
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2015-12-07
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on panel
"Pointe du Raz, Douarnenez, Bretagne"
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2018-06-18
Published result : 200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on Pavatex
Deux-mâts
huile sur pavatex
Catalogue period : 2016-12-14
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on Pavatex
Trois-mâts par mer formée
huile sur pavatex
Catalogue period : 2016-12-14
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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4 oil paintings on panel
Scènes portuaires, Marine, Paysage fluvial
4 huiles sur panneau
Lot groupé — prix global
Catalogue period : 2016-12-14
Group lot — total price
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
