Alexey von Schlippe

According to Helmut Nickel, former Curator of Arms and Armor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alexey's art "...based on traditional forms rooted in his European and specifically Russian heritage, reflects his wide-ranging personal experience of the vagaries of life; it showse glow of early Quattrocento masters permeated with the hieratic austerity of Byzantine icons. A subtle blending of realism and abstraction is particularly evident in his landscapes, which go far beyond mere design in their human evaluation of nature...there is a striking combination of modern view and traditional aesthetics in Alexey von Schlippe's (work) that interprets the past with a fresh and individual vision."

A subtle blending of realism and abstraction is particularly evident in his landscapes, which go far beyond mere design in their human evaluation of nature...there is a striking combination of modern view and traditional aesthetics in Alexey von Schlippe's (work) that interprets the past with a fresh and individual vision."

Striking among Alexey's works are unique treatments of fundamental ambiguities related to how objects and human figures occupy or "own" space. The permanent collection, a gift of the von Schlippe family, includes representative paintings of all subjects treated by this prolific painter, from still-lifes and portraits to abstract works. We are hopeful that, because of the close relationship with the von Schlippe family, the Gallery may enjoy some access to the collection of paintings in Alexey's estate in Germany.