Harry Guttman, Mixed Media Mod Bottles with Targets, Avant Garde Painting

Details

Description

Genre: Avant-Garde Subject: Abstract Medium: Mixed Media, Collage Surface: Board Country: Romania Dimensions: 12 1/4" x 14" x 3/4" Dimensions … Read more Genre: Avant-Garde Subject: Abstract Medium: Mixed Media, Collage Surface: Board Country: Romania Dimensions: 12 1/4" x 14" x 3/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 21 1/2" x 23 1/2" Harry Guttman (born in Bucharest in 1933 ) is a Romanian painter, now Israeli Harry Guttman began his artistic studies in Romania under the direction of some of Romanian's premier artists, Marcel Janco, Jacques Herold and Victor Brauner, Alexandre Istrati and Natalia Dumitresco. He exhibited for the first time at the Romanian Academy of Fine Arts in 1963 and won international competitions . He emigrated to Israel in 1974, and became even more active, exhibiting in Europe and North America. His works, figurative and cubist, very influenced by Matisse , Sonia Delaunay and Klee , mainly address three themes: women, dance and the city, especially Paris. Guttman became a member of the Romanian Association of Painters at the age of twenty-eight. Many of his paintings and lithographs were purchased and displayed at the official exhibitions by the Romanian Government. During this time, Guttman was working as an illustrator, doing artwork for book jackets and movie posters. His first one-man show was exhibited at Magheru Gallery in Bucharest in 1963. He traveled to Moscow and Leningrad in 1964 for further studies. In 1966, he won third prize at the International Movie Posters Competition in Moscow for his poster of the German film “Goya.” During the next several years, Guttman participated in group exhibitions throughout Europe. He then traveled to Budapest and Prague for a year of studies in 1968, following that with a trip to Poland in 1969 for additional studies. With the loosening of the “iron curtain” in Europe, Guttman was able to immigrate to Israel in 1974. Today Harry Guttman resides in a suburb of Tel Aviv and still paints every day. Guttman graduated with distinction from the Romanian Academy of Fine Art in 1960. See less