André Lanskoy

André Lanskoy was a Russian-born painter who became a key figure of the School of Paris and a leading representative of lyrical abstraction. Born in Moscow, he fled Russia after the Revolution and settled in Paris in 1921. Initially working in a figurative style influenced by Russian iconography and Fauvism, he quickly turned toward abstraction in the 1930s, developing a vivid, personal language of color and form.

Lanskoy’s mature work is characterized by bold chromatic harmonies and dynamic, mosaic-like compositions that reflect both spiritual intensity and a sense of musical rhythm. He was associated with the movement of Tachisme in the postwar years, and his paintings were widely exhibited in France and abroad. Today, his works are held in major institutions such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, affirming his place as a bridge between Russian cultural heritage and the innovations of modern French abstraction.