Egon Sendler

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Egon Sendler (1 August 1923 – 17 March 2014) was a

Eastern Orthodox icons.[1] He was also an author, teacher, theologian, and artist. He earned considerable respect from many Orthodox experts on icons.[2]

Rev. Fr. Egon Sendler

Biography

Sendler was born in

Versailles
.

In 1970, he established the icons section of the Centre d'Études Russes Saint-Georges, located in Meudon, just outside Paris.[4] In 2002, this centre was renamed Atelier Saint-Georges and relocated to Versailles.[5] It provides workshops for both beginner and advanced icon painters. For more than thirty years, he has also taught icon workshops in countries throughout the world, including Italy, Argentina, the United States, and Réunion. To supplement this instruction, he frequently leads his students on tours/pilgrimages to Russia, Greece and Cyprus.[3]

Sendler was a prolific icon painter, painting in both the

Lausanne, Switzerland. It is a community of independent painters who follow the teachings of Sendler and work in cooperation with the Atelier Saint-Georges. Their murals, frescoes, and icons "strictly adhere to the canonical and aesthetic rules of traditional iconography which have developed through the past two thousand years".[7]

He wrote three books on icons: L'icône: Image de l'Invisible (1981), Les icônes Byzantines de la Mère de Dieu (1992), and Les mystères du Christ: Icônes de la liturgie (2001).

Tradition. However, in its forms and techniques it relies to a great extent on the art of one era or another. Eastern art, on the contrary, requires that the artist in his interpretation of a given theme closely adhere to the theological content of Tradition. This Tradition is precise and rich. For this reason the forms created by Byzantine art are always motivated by the eyes of faith, to a greater extent than those created by the Western tradition.[9]

Sendler died in Paris on 17 March 2014, aged 90.

Frescoes of Sendler in Russicum

References

  1. ^ Atelier Saint-André biography
  2. ^ L’atelier d’iconographie[permanent dead link], russomania.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Creative Icon biography. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  4. ^ Centre d'Études Russes Saint-Georges Archived 18 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ Iconofile Resource Guide
  6. ^ Presentation by Fr. Sendler at Nice Rendezvous
  7. ^ Atelier Saint-André. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  8. ^ Book references from Heavenly Art. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  9. ^ History of the Ukrainian icon Archived 2012-09-11 at archive.today
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