Lanskoy : **Paintings** exposing an **art **creating impeccable artworks

After 1905 the family moved to ST. PETERSBURG, the capital in 1909. In 1918 he moved to KIEV where he painted his first art and paintings. During the RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR he fought in the TSARIST WHITE ARMY. After an injury he moved to CONSTANTINOPLE and in 1921, he went to PARIS . In Paris, Lanskoy started to paint: Literally in the first night I started to paint and I haven't stopped since. In PARIS he met SERGE POLIAKOFF and later he met NICOLAS DE STAËL where his**paintings** inspired him a lot.

The **paintings** of his **art** were of different work of art.

He spent a lot of time at museums and was influenced by JAMES ENSOR's and VINCENT VAN GOGH's use of color. In 1923 he participated in his first group exhibitions of Russian painters at the La Licorne Gallery in Paris. WILHELM UHDE discovered Lanskoy's art and paintings at the SALON D'AUTOMNE in 1924 and he began to collect Lanskoy **paintings** in the years that followed. In 1925 he had a solo exhibition and his works were acquired by museums and important private collectors. After 1937 his paintings began a transition towards ABSTRACTIONand he studied both PAUL KLEE and WASSILY KANDINSKY.

Gouache and collage of painted papers
15,7 x 31,3 in (40 x 79,5 cm)