Serge Mendjisky

SERGE MENDJISKY (Paris, 1929 - 2017).
"La Route d'Alsace", 1961.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
This work is auctioned for the purpose of raising funds in support of the victims of the DANA in Valencia.
Work donated by Fabiana Mourelle.
Measurements: 33 x 55 cm, 50.5 x 72 cm (frame).

Serge Mendjisky presents two clear styles of painting, one of longer and impressionist brushstroke with bright and primary colors, and a second style totally pointillist.

The work in question belongs to Serge Mendjinsky's impressionist style, depicting a singular landscape of the Alsace Route that captivates the eye with its vibrant expression and unique composition. This artist, rooted in the distinguished School of Paris, introduces us to a visual journey that evokes the very essence of the region. The overflowing colors employed by Mendjinsky are a distinctive feature of his style. The vibrant palette, full of intense hues, brings a palpable sense of energy to the composition. This chromatic choice highlights the joy and vitality of the landscape, drawing the viewer into a rich and stimulating visual experience. In the center of the painting, a skillfully traced path unfolds, which acts as the driving axis of the work. The visual language employed by Mendjinsky clearly reveals the influence of Cubism in his work. Geometric forms intertwine in a visual dance.

Serge Mendjisky was born in 1929 in Paris. His father, Maurice Mendjisky, was a painter at the Ecole de Paris, so Serge knew the world of the arts from his childhood. After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he quickly became a recognized artist and exhibited in Europe, Japan and the United States. He already uses photography to carry out his preliminary studies in painting. By decomposing and recomposing the skylines of some of the world's most famous cities, such as New York and Paris, Serge Mendjisky creates new urban landscapes that question our perceptive faculties. Volumes, lights and colors create different visual rhythms that establish new relationships between Time and Space. Through Serge Mendjisky's creative lens, Broadway becomes an explosion of multicolored lights, while New York's "Down Town" dances poetically to the sound of a cello. Recognizable cityscapes are redefined and their reformulated reality becomes three-dimensional. Serge Mendjisky's work is represented in public and private collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.