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Alexey von Schlippe
(1915 – 1988)
PEOPLE – LANDSCAPES – STILL LIFES
After the death of the painter and art professor Alexey von Schlippe in the summer of 1988, we, his family, became guardians of his extensive artistic estate. Since the last exhibition almost 20 years ago, the pictures are waiting to be exhibited and seen. The centenary of the artist’s birth gave us the impetus to create our own Direction to host an exhibition.
Together with Xenia, the painter’s 93-year-old widow, and their two children, three grandchildren and other members of the family, the project was created and implemented: the pictures were photographed, a catalogue was created and works were selected for the exhibition. The exhibits are now on view in the Columned Hall in Landsberg am Lech.
We are pleased that you have had the interest and time to visit our exhibition. We wish you a good conversation with Alexey’s pictures. You are very welcome!
– Your von Schlippe family
ENAsked about his work: “…are these symbols?”
He answered: “…in retrospect, perhaps, one might preemptively see them as such. However, I would not know what they should symbolise.”
DEZu seinen Werken gefragt: “…sind das Symbole?”
Antwortete er: “…rückblickend könnte man sie voraussichtlich wohl so nennen, doch wüsste ich nicht, was sie symbolisieren sollten.”
EN“… representations of landscapes and people seem to be far removed from one another, yet I have one desire, to seek their primal and essential meaning rather than a fleeting cursory illustration of same.”
DE“… Landschafts- und Menschendarstellungen scheinen weit auseinander zu liegen. Doch es besteht der einheitliche Wunsch, über das Illustrative und Zufällige zum Ursprünglichen und wesentlichen – was immer das sein mag – vorzudringen.”
DE
“Fläche, Raum, Bewegung, Zeit”
EN
“plane, space, movement, time”
EN
“… these figures, like the objects in the still lives and landscapes, seem as mysteriously absent and ethereal as they are overwhelmingly, massively present.”
DE
“…diese Antlitze, wie auch die Stillleben und Landschaften, scheinen auf eine mysteriöse Weise abwesend und ätherisch zu sein, doch wirken sie auf eine überwältigende und massive Weise präsent.”
