Alex Katz

Alex Katz

The American painter was one of the forerunners of pop art and is considered the most important representative of figurative realism. He found his focus in portraits that he realized over half a century. Alex Katz realized large-format paintings in his striking figurative style. In its flat color, he succeeded in reducing people, buildings or landscapes to appear as advertising posters. His faces are often characterized by a rigid surface and ignore the human inner world. Among other things, works such as "Pas de deux" in the eighties were widely known ...