Maurice Pasternak Art

Maurice Pasternak's imagery is not organized or presented in a way that makes literal sense. His figures and landscapes have mysterious drama that's open to individual interpretatio...

Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes several spirit-like creatures seeming to wander in an unknown terrain. He moves images around on the paper to create a...

Edition of 80. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Pasternak's work was featured o on the title page of Carol Wax's masterful book "The History of the Mezzotint". Pasternak has b...

Maurice Pasternak created "Attraction 5", a mezzotint in an edition of 80 that depicts 6 men clearly attracted to something that appears outside the plane of the image. The men seem...

Pasternak is an acknowledged master of the mezzotint technique, and many of his prints feature his characters in ambiguous or surreal distorted complositions. One of his prints was f...

Maurice Pasternak usually creates surreal landscapes that include traditional male images along a canal. However, this traditional imagery is not organized or presented in a way that...

Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes several spirit-like creatures seeming to wander in an unknown landscape He moves images around on the paper to create ...

Viewers are always curious about this image. I count 20 people seated -- all men. Why? Three of the men are looking over their shoulders toward the back. Are they impatient to see late arrivers? The seating seems to be pew like. Pasternak, like most artists, wants the viewer to bring their own interpretation to the image and is most circumspect to give an explanation. A church, a union hall, a political meeting -- which is it? The mood seems to be one of anxiety rather than celebration. The artist did answer why all men. He says that "he likes to create the tension of the image on the page. Putting women and men together...

Maurice Pasternak has created a portrait of his signature figure with outstretched arms. He moves images around on the paper to create a sense of mystery and drama. This impression ...

Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes traditional images of a sun-filled sky, dark shadows cast on water and through leafy trees all under the guise of thre...

Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes several spirit-like creatures seeming to wander in an unknown landscape He moves images around on the paper to create ...