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Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
André Lanskoy
The Life and Origins of André Lanskoy André Lanskoy was born in Moscow on 31 March 1902. His early years were marked by movement across the Russian landscape. Following 1905, his family relocated to St. Petersburg, eventually settling in the capital in 1909. By 1918, he had moved to Kiev, a city where he began to produce his first paintings. These early works emerged during a period of significant upheaval, as he found himself fighting
in the White Army during the Russian Civil War. The chaos of the war left him with an injury, which prompted a move to Constantinople. This displacement was a precursor to a permanent change in his life. In 1921, he traveled to Paris. He arrived in the French capital with a singular focus, noting that he began to paint immediately upon his arrival and did not stop for the rest of his life. This move from the East to France would defi…