Alex Katz (*1927 New York, USA) is a towering figure in con- temporary painting. A key artist since the early 1960s, he first emerged on the New York art scene during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and before the birth of Pop Art, but always worked independently of these movements.
Katz is best known for his distinctive portraits of sophisticated, irresistible women, masterfully painted using precise, broad areas of color.
A major touring retrospective was organized by New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in 1986, and Katz has exhibited widely all over the world. In more than 200 solo exhibitions and 500 group exhibitions. His works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Tate, London, the Musée National d ́Art Moderne, Paris, and the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, among many others.