ALEX KATZ "GLORIA (SHEET 2)" ETCHING, 2005Adored by collectors and art lovers around the globe, Alex Katz is renowned for his elegant and distinctive version of figuration, with printmaking serving as an essential part of his process. Born in 1927, Katz has been dedicated to art making since the 1950's however it wasn't until the 60's when he established his signature 'flat' aesthetic. Over the succeeding decades, Katz kept the then out of favour tradition of figurative painting alive. With a

"Nasturtium" is a striking example of Pachter's flowers and one of the most ornate of the series

He used colour and form symbolically

Ada stares not quite at the viewer but just beyond

known for his unflinching

Italian art and architecture deepened Whitney's understanding of the complex relationship between color and structure

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TATE Modern (London) and MoMA to mention a few

She achieved a level of commercial and critical success in her lifetime that was exceptional for a woman in her era in a male-dominated field

as evident here

Bertoia created his Sonambient (his own coined and registered term) works with aesthetic

She has been the subject of major retrospectives at the Serpentine Gallery

or simply a joyful abstraction