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LANSKOY André
LANSKOY (1902 – 1976)
Born into an aristocratic family in Moscow, Lanskoy arrived in Paris at the age of 19. He was a student at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière, where he befriended Soutine. Spotted by the famous art dealer, Wilhelm Uhde, Lanskoy would put on his first exhibit in 1925 with realistic, generously painted works.
On the eve of the war, Lanskoy’s art would develop into the style we know today; a style filled with tight rhythms pounding out circular movements in space, with dabs of vibrant color underlying the vibration of the ensemble.
Lanskoy particularly loved to refer to ancient masters; Jérôme Bosch, Paolo Uccelo. He loved using raw materials that allowed him to pursue the abstraction process instigated by these old-time geniuses. Such a particular style and unique signature give Lanskoy the reputation of “Lord of Abstraction”, and would make him famous the world over.
A solid market value that has resisted the effects of speculation for an artist who is quite difficult to qualify, residing somewhere – like for Poliakoff or De Stael – between the non-representational and the tangible, Lanskoy gave art lovers a distinct style that fully embraced its time.
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