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Artist a Day: Alex Katz 

Alex Katz  (b.1927) 

On July 24, 1927, Alex Katz was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Bather

Alex`s Works

oil, linen ,1959

Alex Katz, the famous American painter, is known for his close-ups of family and friends.

Ada (Oval)

Alex`s Works

oil, linen ,1959

Alex Katz has a new show in London, a leading figure in US contemporary painting. It features 11 large-scale portraits, "The White Coat."

Ada Ada

Alex`s Works

oil, linen ,1959

"I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out.”  — Alex Katz 

Eli

Alex`s Works

portrait ,1963

Katz is exhibited in over 100 public collections. These include The Art Institute of Chicago; Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo;  Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; The Brooklyn Museum; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh;  Des Moines Art Center and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian.

Red Tulip

Alex`s Works

flower painting ,1967

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Arrow

Private Domain

Alex`s Works

portrait ,1969

Portrait of a Poet. Kenneth Koch

Alex`s Works

portrait , 1970

Alex Katz's paintings are not just simple and clean. They can be thought of as billboards advertising that excellent beer you had on Friday night or the movie trailer in theaters this weekend.

Blue Umbrella I

Alex`s Works

portrait ,1972

He's especially well-known for his paintings featuring his wife and muse, Ada.

Face of a Poet

Alex`s Works

portrait , 1972

"Part of what I'm about, is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently,. instead of different things in the same way." - Alex Katz.   — Alex Katz 

The Black Jacket

Alex`s Works

portrait ,1972