Spindler Marlen
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
1931 born in Kara-Kol, Issyk Kul region, Kirghizia.
Since 1941 lives in Moscow.
1947-51 studied at Mosfilm Art School.
1954-72 worked as a designer artist at the Arts and Crafts Complex. Studied at different art studios, including E. Belutin Studio.
The author of abstract compositions, scenaries, still life pieces, Spindler is a bright and gifted painter. Unique imagery of his works is fluctuating between refine abstraction in P. Klee’s style and naive tension of a child’s drawing.
Exhibits in Russia and abroad from 1958.
Marlen Spindler died on May 18, 2003, after a long illness.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991 Moscow. The "Aerostar" Hotel
1993 Moscow. Contemporary Art Center (Studio 20 Gallery). Exhibition of paintings
1994 Moscow. Contemporary Art Center (Studio 20 Gallery). Graphic works
Moscow. The International Federation of Artists. Exhibition of paintings
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1958 Moscow. The fourth exhibition of young Moscow artists
1962 Moscow. Bolshaya Kommunisticheskaya ("Taganka").
Exhibition of works by artists belonging to E. Belyutin's Studio
1975 Moscow. Preliminary reviews in private flats prior to the All-Union Exhibition
Moscow. Exhibiton of Young Artists at the "House of Culture" – in the USSR. Exhibition of Economic Achievement
1976 Moscow. Spring exhibitions in private flats (M. Odnoralov's studio).
1987 Moscow. Hermitage Park. "A Retrospective of Moscow. Artists' Works of 1957-87"
1988 Moscow. The Central House of Artists. Graphic works of Moscow Artists
1989 Helsinki. The House of Soviet Science and Culture.
"Collection – 89"
1990 Moscow. The State Tretyakov Gallery. "The Other Art"
Tampere. Finland. Museum of Arts. "Treasures in the Dirt"
1991 Moscow. The Palace of Youth. "The Logic of Paradoxes"
Moscow. The Central House of Artists. "The Golden Brush"
1993 Moscow. The State Tretyakov Gallery. "Postmodern Art and National Traditions"
1996 Moscow. The State Tretyakov Gallery. " Non-conformists – the Second Russian Avant-garde 1955-1988. From Bar-Ger's Collection"
COLLECTIONS
The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow.
The State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg.
Picture galleries and art museums of the Russian cities
and also in E. Nutovich collection (Moscow), K. & Y. Bar-Guera collection (Cologne, Germany) and in some others.
