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Born in Strasbourg, France, Sylvie Lander is a highly regarded contemporary visual artist whose career explores light, colour, and spiritual abstraction. She completed her training at the prestigious École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, graduating in 1985 after studying under pioneering conceptual artists like Sarkis.
Lander's practice seamlessly bridges intimate studio painting and monumental public architecture. She has achieved significant cultural status in France for her large-scale public commissions, structural installations, and contemporary stained-glass cycles. Her architectural masterworks include a massive 64-panel suspended ceiling vault inside the historic Églises Saint-Laurent de Hésingue, and her celebrated installation Ex Tempore was exhibited inside the world-renowned Strasbourg Cathedral.
THE "ANGEL" SERIES & LYRICAL ABSTRACTION
Lander’s work is deeply anchored in a poetic cosmology, globally recognized for her signature thematic cycles like her acclaimed Angel Series ("Au souffle de l'ange").
Rather than relying on literal, figurative representations, Lander interprets celestial or cosmic forms through pure, fluid abstraction. Her art centres on the concept of invisible presence, breath, and transitional spaces. This watercolour showcases her masterful command of the lyrical abstraction movement that swept through the Franco-German border region in the late 20th century. Her signature motif—a floating, dark organic capsule suspended within an ethereal wash of luminous primary tones—serves as a poignant visual anchor representing a spiritual presence caught mid-flight.
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE WORK
• Title: Untitled (Abstract Cosmic Composition)
• Year of Creation: August 14, 1989 (Signed and dated "14 Août 1989")
• Technique: Wet-on-wet lyrical abstraction with layered translucent washes
• Provenance: Acquired directly from Strasbourg, France
• Artwork Dimensions: 30.5 cm × 23.0 cm 842g
• Framed Presentation: 40.5 cm × 34.5 cm (Housed in a classic gilded gallery frame with a custom conservation mat board)
- Color
- Multicolour
- Style
- Contemporary
- Material
- Watercolour
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions (cm)
- W 30.5D 1H 23
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