Linda Le Kinff, 1949 | Modern Cubist painter

Linda Le Kinff was born in Paris from French and Brazilian parents.

She started her career as a painter at the age of 20.

In the 1970s she traveled to India, Tibet, Mexico and Italy.

She lived and worked in Italy for 12 years learning the ancient techniques of tempera, egg painting and the gold leaf method taught by masters in Florence and Livorno.

She also served an apprenticeship in wood engraving, copper engraving, and excelled in learning the modern techniques of acrylic and airbrush painting.

In Paris, in 1975, Le Kinff learned lithography, meeting the artists Brayer, Corneille and Lapique.

In 1976, she met Okamoto Taro, the "Japanese Picasso", who introduced her to the sand and sumi technique.

In 1981, she spent six months in Morocco where she worked with Chabia, the poetess of the naive abstraction movement.

Le Kinff returned to school in south Tyrol where she became interested in painted, polished and varnished woodwork, using a special material made of casein.

She applied it to her paintings and continues to use this technique today but still keeps the traditional approach of painting in acrylic on canvas, as well. She began to create serigraphs in the mid 1980s and excels in the technique.

Her influences include the hidden sensuality of Braque, the masterful drawing of Matisse, the elegance of Modigliani and the precocious maturity of Egon Schiele.

Linda Le Kinff è nata a Parigi da genitori francesi e brasiliani. Ha iniziato la sua carriera come pittore all'età di 20 anni. Negli anni '70 ha viaggiato in India, Tibet, Messico ed Italia.

Ha vissuto e lavorato in Italia per 12 anni imparando le antiche tecniche di tempera, pittura di uova ed il metodo delle foglie d'oro insegnate dai maestri a Firenze e Livorno.

Le sue influenze includono la sensualità delicata dell'arte di Braque, il disegno magistrale di Matisse, l'eleganza di Modigliani e la precoce maturità di Egon Schiele.