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Binyamin Basteker The Mighty Waves, 2023 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm 24 x 31 in Binyamin Basteker was born in Mumbai in 1953. Growing up in a family of artists, his unique talent was discovered at a very early age. He perfected the art of portraiture and color while still living in India. Following his immigration to Israel in 1969, he studied with the modern Israeli masters and was considered to be one of the promising young abstract artists of the 1980s. In the mid-1980s he became observant and ceased to exhibit his work. The artist’s inaugural solo exhibition of oil paintings entitled “Stones that Speak” set Basteker apart from the mainstream of “modern” Jewish, religious painters. Whereas in many instances the theme of the painting, whether it be the Kotel or Jerusalem or the wealth of themes available to the observant artist, becomes the goal of the artist, Basteker relates to the “theme” as the “excuse” for the painting. Basteker searches for balance and harmony in his life and translates this to color and texture and motion. Nothing is his work is arbitrary. Every stroke and splash, every line and curve contribute to the perfect composition. The artist’s selection of tools, a result of an immediate inspiration, greatly affects the application of the color and texture. His works are sophisticated and worthy of deep examination. Tremendous layers of thought and spirituality are engraved in each and every work. Yet to the casual viewer, the paintings are aesthetically pleasing on a very simplistic level. On first glance, we see a beautiful bouquet or garden. Yet as the viewer’s eye travels and dissects the composition, we might imagine a maestro conducting a symphony orchestra or a pianist’s graceful fingers dancing over the keyboard. “Jerusalem Flowers” are unique to the Holy City...

Raquel Sanchez Courage , 2022 oil on canvas 110 x 140 cm Influenced by the Impressionist and Modern masters, Raquel's personal style in recent years ...

Mindy Weisel Of Silence , 2016 museum quality hand embellished print on canvas edition of 36 140 x 140 cm 55 x 55 in Painting was Exhibited Mindy Weis...

Binyamin Basteker The sounds of flowers , 2020 oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm 31 x 24 in Exhibited: "Jerusalem Flowers", 2020 Rosenbach Contemporary, Jerusalem Binyamin Basteker was bo...

Binyamin Basteker Abstract composition , 1990 oil on canvas 87 x 115 cm 34 x 45 in Binyamin Basteker was born in Mumbai in 1953. Growing up in a family of artists, his unique tal...

Artist: Chuck Close Title: Tavern Year of Work: 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed & Dated Upper Left Dimensions: framed 31 x 25 unframed 30 x 24 Provenance: Chuck Close, Marjorie Dalton (Dear friend of Chuck), Private Collection. Tavern, is truly a rare find, an original oil on canvas, in compelling blues and grays with a touch of gold and orange. This work reveals more imagery and detail the longer one enjoys it. This painting was created during his years studying in Yale Art School, and draws different qualities to each new viewer similar to a Rorschach. Close's work is in the collections of most of the great international museums of contemporary art, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City. and the Tate Modern in London. Artist Bio: Chuck Close – (1940-2021) an American painter, artist and photographer born in Monroe, Washington. Early childhood illnesses including a neuromuscular condition, nephritis and dyslexia were compounded later in life by a condition known as prosopagnosia (face blindness), which may have inspired him to do portraits. Most of his early, large-format portraits are based on photographs, using photorealism or hyperrealism, of family and friends, often other artists. Close often painted abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Even though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he continued to paint inspired by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Close's first solo exhibition, held in 1967 at the University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, featured paintings, painted reliefs, and drawings based on photographs of record covers. Being much in the mainstream of pop art, a fragment of Close's portrait of singer-songwriter Paul Simon...

Binyamin Basteker Bouquet of Flowers , 2023 oil on canvas 150 x 100 cm 59 x 39 in Binyamin Basteker was born in Mumbai in 1953. Growing up in a family of artists, his unique talen...

Mindy Weisel For song as full as the sea museum quality hand embellished print on canvas edition of 36 120 x 98 cm 47 x 38 in Mindy Weisel was born in ...

Evening at the Lake #3 acrylic on wood panel 33 x 33 cm 13 x 13 in Exhibited: "The Art of Opera" , Jerusalem Israel January 2023

This large modern expressionist landscape painting of Aspen is a boldly vivid work of modern abstract art. The original large-scale digital painting, dye-sublimated onto aluminum by Coloradan artist Topher Straus, takes an original approach to depicting iconic landscapes. The rich palette intensifies the light reflecting through the sublimated dye and unique high gloss finish. The elegant simplicity of edge framing enhances the sophistication of the painting. Measuring almost four feet by seven and a half feet, this is a true statement piece of contemporary modern impressionist art. As part of Straus's Abstract Expressionist works, he portrays his love for Aspen through his creative use of color and hand-drawn elements superimposed on the aspen landscape...

Part of a new collection of painted porcelain panels by Chinese artist Yuan Lin, “Daydreams” is a luminous meditation on the sun's rays. In this painting, Lin...

Evening at the Lake #2 acrylic on wood panel 33 x 33 cm 13 x 13 in Exhibited: "The Art of Opera" , Jerusalem Israel January 2023