And I have tried on myown before asking here, so if you want to reply just to suggets that, please be assured I thought of it first!
I really want to find more details about who painted this picture.
Its from the cover of the UK Penguin edition of The Brothers Karamazov
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...478575-3322258
... this is my favourite book, and I would love to see if I could get a print of this painting, but I dont even know who its by, and the copy I have isnt the Penguin one and my local bookstore doesnt have this copy, and I dont want to buy one just to read who painted it if i can help it...
ach, nevermind... the back page is viewable on amazon.co.uk as well, and it gives the painter there!
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Leonid Pasternak
its perfect.