5 reviews for Leonid Afremov are not recommended
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Colorado
1 review
25 helpful votes

BIG MISTAKE!
August 18, 2020

I bought two "recreations" based on the photos on the website. BIG MISTAKE! The photos of the originals (Melody of the Night, and Spirits by the Lake) were really nice. The recreations are different enough that they just did not have the same feel to them and I do not want them. I am talking the palette knife strokes, the colors, the benches, the lamp posts and the distance perspectives are very different. If I had seen photos of them I would not have bought them for half of the $208 each I paid for them. Boris Afremov promised me two prints of the originals and said they would be ready in 2 to 3 weeks and I could keep the recreations. It has been over five weeks and they wouldn't answer four emails over the last two weeks. So I got on their Facebook page and gave them a bad review and they said they were not ignoring me and they shipped the prints. The tracking numbers David Afremov gave me were for the original order and he said "sorry, I'll get back to you" and I have asked again three times now. They deleted my review on Facebook and now I can't find the "Review" button to follow up on it. Boris gave me his "personal" cell number but he won't answer texts. So, two weeks later they are just giving me the run around. This is, perhaps, why you only see glowing reviews on their website. Go to their website and Facebook page and you'll see vids of them painting in the studio. Sadly, Leonid passed away last year and now there are students sitting there painting "recreations' of the originals like it is a factory. BE CAREFUL PEOPLE! The recreations are not bad paintings at all. But they are NOT the same and they don't feel the same! MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE! In the two pairs of photos I added, the two pics of the originals are in the middle and the "recreations" are on either end. Compare them for yourself. The colors are vibrant, but look at the perspective of the canal and the walking path receding in the distance. Look at the scrolled metal work on the lamp posts. Look at the bench and the dog. Just different. Not the same feel. Maybe I'm being picky but I want them on my walls so I can enjoy them. And don't expect to get your problems taken care of if you have anything bad to say!

Date of experience: July 19, 2020
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5 reviews for Leonid Afremov are not recommended