Two Paintings On Zinc By The French Painter Schoendorff

Max Schoendorff, French painter born December 29, 1934 in Lyon, and died October 20, 2012 in this city. Born to a father from Lorraine who had a German teaching degree and a mother from Franche-Comté. His father was passionate about German culture; German Romanticism, the poetry of Goethe, Novalis and Rilke, and the philosophy of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche had a profound impact on him. In these two large compositions, Max Schoendorff unfolds a teeming visual universe where fragments of bodies, organic forms and imaginary architectures mingle. The material of zinc, with its brilliance and density, amplifies the dramatic tension of the colors and lines. These works bear witness to the constant dialogue that the artist maintains between the legacy of the old masters and the surrealist imagination. The silhouettes appear as if torn from a dream or a collective memory, oscillating between appearance and erasure. Through this work, Schoendorff explores the fragile boundary between figuration and abstraction, between order and chaos, giving rise to visions that are both poetic and disturbing.
(can be sold separately €1600 each)