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André Lanskoy (French, 1902-1976)
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André Lanskoy
Joie Asiatique 1955
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Biography |
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André Lanskoy (André Michailovitch) born in Moscow in 1902 was the son of a Count. Having studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of St.Petersburg, Lanskoy joined the White Army in the Russian Revolution in 1919, as a result of which he soon found himself in exile, which lead him to Paris in 1921. There he initially associated mainly with fellow Russian painters Soutine, Bart, and Térechkovitch with whom he held an exhibition at Galerie La Licorne in 1923. The following year he was invited to exhibit with Delaunay, Survage and Zadkine, at Galerie Carmine. Further success followed when he exhibited at the Salon d’Automne and was noticed by the collector Wilhelm Uhde who proceeded to acquire Lanskoy’s entire artistic output for the next two years. Uhde also introduced Lanskoy to Galerie Bing, at 20 rue La Boétie, where he subsequently signed a contract and held his first one-man exhibition, from which several museums purchased work. |
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Lanskoy’s work from this early period consisted of bold figurative compositions, but from 1937 he began to explore abstraction. He held his first exhibitions of non-figurative work in 1944 at Galerie Jeanne Bucher, and it was here that he encountered his compatriot Nicolas de Stael, with whom he struck up an important friendship. Lanskoy’s success as an abstract painter was fully endorsed when he began a sixteen year collaboration with Louis Carré, who was already showing Hartung and Soulages, and here he had solo shows in 1948, 1952 and 1957. |
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From the 1950’s, Lanskoy enjoyed an international profile, exhibiting extensively worldwide. Notable one-man shows include: Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, 1953; Svens-Franska Gallery, Stockholm, 1955; Fine Art Associates, New York, 1956; Albert Loeb Gallery, New York, 1959, 1960, 1961; Kaplan Gallery, London, 1961; Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1965. He also participated in many group shows, most notably, L’École de Paris, Royal Academy London 1950; Advancing French Art , Louis Carré New York, Jeunes Peintres USA & France, Sidney Janis New York 1950; Hartung, Lanskoy, Schneider, Louis Carré, Paris,1951; Advancing French Art (itinerant) USA 1951-52; Pittsburgh International of Contemporary Art 1952; Younger European Painters Guggenheim New York 1953;10 Ans de Peinture Française 1945-1955 Musée Grenoble 1956; Fifteen Painters from Paris Corcoran Gallery, Washington 1959; The School of Paris 1959, The Internationals, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1959; École de Paris, Tokyo 1960; Paris-Paris, 1937-1957 Centre Georges Pompidou 1981; Les Années Cinquante, Centre Georges Pompidou 1988. |
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The artist is represented in many museums including the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Museums of Modern Art of Antwerp, Mannheim, Philadelphia, Toledo, Colmar, Grenoble, Lille, Tourcoing, Le Havre, Saint-Etienne, Villeneuve-d’Asq and Mulhouse. |
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Literature |
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L. Harambourg, L’Ecole de Paris, 1945-1965, Neuchatel, Ides & Calendes |
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P. Dron, A. Pittiglio, Lanskoy, Paris, Pittiglio Editeur |
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Artistes russes de l’Ecole de Paris, Petit Palais, Musée d’Art Moderne, Ginevra, 1989 |
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Dictionnaire universel de l’art et des artistes, Raoul-Jean Moulin, Hazan, Paris |
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1965 |
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André Lanskoy, J.Grenier, Hazan, Paris |
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1960 |
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Raymon Nacenta, La Scuola di Parigi, Istituto Geografico de Agostini, Novara |
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1959 |
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L’Arte dopo il 1945, a cura di W. Grohmann, Milano, Ed. Il Saggiatore |
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Dictionnaire de la peinture abstraite, M.Seuphor, Hazan, Paris |
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1951 |
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André Lanskoy, R.Van Gindertael, Art d’aujourd’hui, Paris |
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