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Alex Katz
b. 1927, Brooklyn, New York, USA · American · Based in New York & Lincolnville, Maine, USA
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1949–1950)
- Cooper Union, New York (1946–1949)
- Painting
- Flat Figurative Portraiture
- Cutouts
- Landscapes
Alex Katz developed a deliberately flat, cropped figurative style in the 1950s and 1960s that remained independent of both Abstract Expressionism and Pop. Portraits of friends and family, especially Ada Katz, alongside landscapes and flowers use broad areas of color and sharply simplified forms derived partly from cinema, advertising and direct observation.
Painting; drawing; printmaking; cutouts
Gallery Representation
Objects
Alex Katz
The Creative Director (Pharrell)
Encountered via MULTIPLE, Berlin.
Official source: MULTIPLE.
Artist Films
Alex Katz – 'I'm After the Immediate Present' | TateShots
Major Works
- 1957Ada in Black Sweater
- 1963The Red Smile
- 1972Blue Umbrella I
- 200610:30 AM
- 1960The Black Dress
- 1959Ada Ada
- 1983Pas de Deux
- 1988Black Brook
- 1986Vivien
- 2012White Roses
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