In 2019 Alex Katz released the Beauty Portfolio which contains 6 artworks, for example Ulla, Ada, Ariel and Vivien. This new enamel print on aluminium shows one of the ladies. Porcelain Beauty 4 – The Essence of Beauty is an exemplary black and white work by Alex Katz – this print features Katz’s clean lines and minimal approach to portraiture, and the monochrome background that is typical of his compositions.

Alex Katz / Pioneer of Pop Art

Alex Katz is particularly famous for his figurative paintings: The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, he was born in New York in 1927. As a pioneer of Pop Art, he always concentrated on the essentials and explored simplified forms and high-contrast color composition early on. His art is diverse, but always has beauty as its central theme. The artist can now look back on more than 200 solo and around 500 group exhibitions; his diverse works are part of over 100 collections worldwide. Alex Katz lives and works in New York and Maine.

In 2022 the retrospect Gathering was held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, in 2024 the Alex Katz Show “Seasons” was held at the MOMA in New York.