A wooden shelf displaying animal skulls, pottery, and ceramic vases with a bird's wing mounted on the wall above.

Spiral Studios er et klassisk atelier i Helsingør med fokus på traditionel tegning og maleri efter levende model og direkte iagttagelse.

“Knowledgable teachers in a friendly and inspiring study environment next to the castle and the waterfront. They focus on atelier training tailored to each student’s individual level. ”
— Sjur, Core Program Student

Faculty

Xenia von Buchwald

Xenia von Buchwald er uddannet billedkunstner med speciale i den klassisk-realistiske tradition og dimitterede fra The Florence Academy of Art i 2019.

Hun er desuden uddannet inden for arkitektur fra Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Arkitektskole, hvilket har givet hende en stærk forståelse for form, struktur, rum og proportion.

Xenia arbejder primært med klassisk-realistisk tegning og oliemaleri, hvor en præcis iagttagelse af motivet forenes med en dyb forståelse for form, lys og valør.

Hendes værker har været udstillet både nationalt og internationalt, blandt andet på Kunsthal Charlottenborg og Frederiksborg Slot.

Efter endt uddannelse flyttede hun til Svendborg, hvor hun i to år studerede under kunstneren Charles Weed og videreførte sin fordybelse i den klassiske ateliertradition.






Xenia von Buchwald
Co-Founder and Instructor

Email: xenia@vonbuchwald.dk
Website: xeniavonbuchwald.com

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Filip Marcus von Buchwald
Co-Founder and Instructor

Email: Filip@vonbuchwald.dk
Website: Filipmarcus.com

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Filip von Buchwald

Filip Marcus von Buchwald er uddannet billedkunstner fra The Florence Academy of Art i Göteborg med speciale i klassisk-realistisk tegning og maleri.

Gennem sine tre års uddannelse arbejdede han intensivt med tegning og maleri efter levende model i længerevarende sessions samt med klassiske studier af gipsafstøbninger, maleri og stilleben.

Efter endt uddannelse flyttede han til Svendborg, hvor han i yderligere to år studerede under kunstneren Charles Weed og videreførte sit arbejde med den klassiske ateliertradition.

Hans undervisning er forankret i det klassiske kunsthåndværk, hvor iagttagelse, proportion, form, lys og valør danner grundlaget for det kunstneriske arbejde.




A woman and a man in a room with beige walls and wooden floors. The woman is standing with long brown hair, wearing a black top and gray pants. The man is seated, has dark hair and a beard, and is wearing a light-colored, slightly wrinkled shirt. There is a dark green cabinet with glass doors behind them, containing multiple shells and a skull. To the right, there is a window letting in natural light, and on the left wall, there’s a framed profile silhouette of a woman. A green table with a bowl on it is also visible in the foreground.
“I first met Filip while taking his academic cast drawing class at a previous school, which I then just kept retaking for as long as it was offered. That year not only taught me more about technique than my previous lifetime of mostly self-study, but has helped redefine my relationship with art, both other people’s and mine.

Xenia and Filip are some of the most insightful, principled, engaging and thoughtful educators I’ve ever met, incredibly inspiring artists, and just really good people, and it’s been an absolute privilege to be able to follow them to Spiral Studios. Access to this level of instruction while working fulltime is just something I’d always assumed was out of reach, and it’s hard to overstate how transformational it has been.”
— Lou, Core Program Student 
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A still life oil painting featuring a white bowl, a large dark greenish-brown vase, a smaller rounded stone or fruit, and a yellowish irregular-shaped rock on a flat surface against a dark background.
Black and white portrait of a man with short hair and a serious expression, looking slightly to the side.
Painting of two pears and green leaves on a dark background, framed in wood.
A still life painting of white and yellow flowers in a dark vase on a dark surface, with a single white flower and some fallen petals.
A still life painting featuring a green round vase, a white starfish, a dark-colored rock, a small dark object, and a soft yellow sphere on a textured surface.
Oil painting of a small, fallen brown and gray bird lying on its side on a textured, muted background.