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

Spiral Studios is an atelier in Helsingør offering traditional drawing and painting from life.

“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

Faculty

Xenia von Buchwald
Xenia von Buchwald is a trained visual artist in the classical-realist tradition, having graduated from The Florence Academy of Art in 2019. She also holds an education in architecture from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. Xenia primarily focuses on classical-realist drawing and oil painting. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at venues such as Kunsthal Charlottenborg and Frederiksborg Castle.






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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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.

Filip Marcus von Buchwald
Filip Marcus von Buchwald is a trained visual artist from The Florence Academy of Art in Gothenburg, specializing in classical-realistic drawing and painting. During his three years of education, he concentrated on drawing and painting from live models in extended sessions, as well as cast drawing, painting, and still life.




“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
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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.