André Lanskoy

Lanskoy ( born March 31, 1902 in Moscow, Russia as Andrei Mikhailovich Lanskoy (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Ланской ); † August 22, 1976 in Paris, France) was a French painter of Russian descent. He is one of the most important representatives of the French abstract painting and the Informal the new " École de Paris ".

Life and work

Andrei Mikhailovich Lanskoy was the son of Count Lanskoy born. The family fled during the Russian Revolution to Kiev. In Kiev Andrei Lanskoy started painting and took lessons with Sergei Sudeikin (* 1882 St. Petersburg, † 1946 New York City).

From Kiev Lanskoy moved quickly to the Crimea, which he left for Paris in 1921. In Paris, he will live and work until his death. Lanskoy studied painting at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere. During this time he painted figurative paintings and still life, inspired by the works of Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse and Chaim Soutine. In 1923 he lived in Germany and introduced in the same year at the Salon d' Automne in Paris. He was discovered at this time of Wilhelm Uhde, who patronized him and 1925 helps to his first solo exhibition. Lanskoy also presented together with Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Leopold Survage and Ossip Zadkine and other artists of Russian descent in Paris.

In 1939 Lanskoy began painting abstract. He expanded his repertoire and produced book illustrations, tapestries, mosaics and collages. Lanskoy cultivated a close friendship with Nicolas de Staël, with whom he exhibited together also from 1948. In the 1950s Lanskoy art got international attention and recognition. He presented in 1956 at Fine Arts Associates in New York. He was one of the most important representatives of the Lyric abstraction and the Informal. In 1959 was Lanskoy participated in the documenta II in 1964 and was also represented by works at the documenta III in Kassel. In 1960 he was represented at the great exhibition "Les Peintres Russes de l' école de Paris " in the Museum of Saint- Denis.