Alex Katz Flower Paintings

His elegant paintings present a modern quintessentially american take on the classical themes of portraiture landscape figure studies marine scenes and flowers.

Alex katz flower paintings. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. Small paintings addison gallery of american art phillips academy andover ma april 7 july 31 2001 whitney museum of american art new york ny september 21 2001 january 4 2002 whitney museum of american art at philip morris new york ny september 21 2001 january 4 2002 kemper museum of contemporary art kansas city missouri march 22 june 2 2002. Alex katz summer flowers an iconic figure of the 20th century art alex katz is known for his highly stylized visual vocabulary which developed as a reaction to the ideas of abstract expressionism that were blossoming in the united states during the 1950s. Alex katz was born july 24 1927 to a jewish family in brooklyn new york as the son of an émigré who had lost a factory he owned in russia to the soviet revolution.

In the 1950s katz grew frustrated that his portraits lacked a sense of movement so he began painting the wildflowers he discovered near his summer. From 1946 to 1949 katz studied at the cooper union in new york and from 1949 to 1950 he studied at the skowhegan school of painting. Alex katz born 1927 is highly recognisable and admired by a younger generation of artists and the public. Flowers showcasing katz s large scale iris paintings alongside a series of intimate studies on board the catalogue provides a closer look at the artist s dedicated interest in painting the natural environment created at his studio in maine katz s iris paintings.

Flowers for over six decades alex katz has found inspiration in all types of flowers transforming wind blown tiger lilies marigolds roses and petunias into iconic works of pop art. The first time he created a flower painting was in the late 1960s when the artist depicted extreme close ups of singular flower. Early life and career. Alex katz is an american painter renowned for his large scale depictions of landscapes flowers and portraits.

Looking at art with alex katz monographs and catalogues selected articles and reviews complete articles and reviews invented symbols collaborations writings by alex katz interviews surveys archives of american art. American artist alex katz is known for his examination of the three dimensional space with his simplified portrait and landscape imagery. Albans queens where katz grew up. In 1928 the family moved to st.

Flower paintings work by alex katz on view at the guggenheim museum bilbao from october 23 2015 to february 7 2016. Alex katz painting alex katz five hours what about style.