Halsey is a print by Alex Katz. The image was published in an edition of 50 as a pigment print, similar to screen printing.

Halsey is a name that originated as a surname in England. The surname itself has Old English roots and is derived from the phrase “halig eg,” which means “holy island” or “sacred grove.” In Old English, “halig” means “holy” or “sacred,” and “eg” means “island” or “grove.” Over time, the surname “Halsey” emerged as a variation of “Haligeg,” eventually becoming a standalone name.

As a given name, Halsey gained popularity in the 20th century, particularly in the United States. One of the notable bearers of the name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, an American singer-songwriter known professionally as Halsey. She chose the name as her stage name, adopting it from a street in Brooklyn, New York, where she spent a significant portion of her life.

Halsey, the singer, has mentioned that she resonated with the name because it represented a certain androgyny and ambiguity, reflecting her own gender-fluid identity. The choice of this name was also a way for her to separate her personal and artistic identities.

Overall, the name Halsey has roots in Old English and evokes the concept of holiness or sacredness. It has gained popularity as both a surname and a given name, with the singer Halsey contributing to its prominence in modern times.

Alex Katz is especially famous for his figurative paintings: The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, he was born in New York in 1927. A pioneer of Pop Art, he always focused on the essentials and early on explored simplified forms and high-contrast color composition. His art is diverse, but always has beauty as its central theme. The artist can now look back on more than 200 solo as well as around 500 group exhibitions and numerous prizes; his diverse artworks are part of more than 100 collections and exhibitions worldwide. Alex Katz lives and works in New York and Maine. His work contains numerous historical references, from Japanese block printing, Matisse and Monet to Jackson Pollock, Degas and, of course, Pop Art. The influence of Japanese art is especially evident in his landscape paintings.

FRANK FLUEGEL GALERIE has had the artist Alex Katz in its program with prints and originals for sale from the very beginning and has held numerous exhibitions. Alex Katz was completely underestimated in Europe for a long time. Now that he is over 95 years old, his work is increasingly coming into the focus of collectors. Like Picasso, Katz develops more and more creativity with age and seems unstoppable in creating new works. Always present was his muse and wife Ada Katz. The previous auction record for one of his paintings is over US$ 1 million, still far from the prices of his American colleagues such as Tom Wesselmann or Andy Warhol. Many Alex Katz exhibitions have been dedicated to his talent in recent years. Among others in the Serpentine Gallery in London, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao or the Metropolitan Museum in New York. 2019 in Munich/Germany at the Museum Brandhorst; Daegu/Korea Daegu Kunstmuseum, Paris/France Musée de L’Orangerie. In 2023 there will be an Alex Katz exhibition at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid/Spain. The Guggenheim Museum in New York showed Alex Katz retrospective “Gathering” in 2022.