 Workshop and studio in former abbey of Saint-Léonard |
 Marqueterie Spindler 3, Cour du Chapitre Saint-Léonard 67530 Boersch France Tél: 33 (0)3 88 95 80 17 Fax: 33 (0)3 88 95 98 31 marqueterie@spindler.tm.fr
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For nearly a century the Spindler art marquetry workshop has been installed within the walls of the former abbey of Saint-Léonard at the foot of St. Odile Mountain. |
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Three generations of creators serving a specific art and craft type.
| Charles SPINDLER (1865-1938), trained painter and watercolour artist discovered for himself the technique of marquetry in 1893. He revived the spirit of marquetry by using it as a pictorial technique and not simply for decorative ornamentation. He is also known for his furniture and Jugendstil Art- Nouveau suite creations. His talent was rewarded at the Universal Exhibition in Paris 1900 and at the 1904 World's Fair in St Louis (USA) in 1904. Paul SPINDLER (1906-1980), a trained painter and watercolour artist, took over his father's marquetry workshop. He created Alsatian scenes as his father did. A great traveller, he translated African and polar landscapes into marquetry to comemmorate his travels. His mysticism likewise inspired such works as "The Elements" and "The Creation of the World" in which wood is elevated to revelation and song. |
 SPINDER assembling marquetry |
Jean-Charles SPINDLER(b.1948), son of Paul Spindler, took over the 100-year-old tradition of the workshop while developing his own research with wood.
At exhibitions and galleries throughout the world, SPINDLER has displayed murals, triptychs with abstract decor and «dream woods» that combine material and atmosphere, tradition and modernity; these are sources of intense and pleasurable research into refined materials brought back to life by the creator's poetic inspiration.