Art

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Artist: Nissan Engel 

Hanger: included

Mirror frame

Dimensions (including frame): W 16" x H 20.25"

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Nissan Engel, Israeli (1931 - )

Artist, craftsman, innovator, technician, poet, musician; all of these terms

are needed to describe Nissan Engel. In a prolific career spanning nearly

four decades, Engel has developed a unique form of expression - rich, 

complex, highly personal - that defies easy classification. 

Nissan Engels' earlier prints (such as Horsemen) explore strong 

expressionist forms within bold areas of contrasting space and 

coloration. 

An artist of international stature, he is perhaps best known for his work 

in mixed media, in which he manipulates dispatate elements to create 

harmonious, lyrical compositions. His body of work reflects a continual 

evolution, a constant seeking of new arenas in which to play out his 

ideas - painting, drawing, collage, printmaking. As he masters each 

new technique, he incorporates it into his work to achieve his ultimate 

artistic goals: harmony and equilibrium.

Born is Israel in 1931, Engel graduated from the renowned Beaux-Arts 

Bezalel in Jerusalem and later recieved a diploma in theater design from

the Centre dramatique de l'Est in Strasbourg, France. He moved to Paris

in the mid-1950s, where he painted and also worked on a variety of stage

designs and costume projects; he had the first of many successful 

painting exhibits starting in 1960 at the Galerie Weil. 

In 1965 he moved to New York City.

During his days in Paris and throughout his ten-year stay in the United 

States, Engel worked almost exclusively in the painting medium. 

The subjects of his early works - landscapes, still lifes, and equestrian 

figures often presented in horse racing and circus scenes - were 

rendered in a style that was predominantly figural and representationnal,

reflecting his academic training. The paintings from this period are 

strongly graphic and characterized by a bold and direct use of color.

Engel's early influences include Picasso, Klee, Marini, Kandinsky, and 

other European expressionists, as well as the conceptual artists 

Oppenheim and Beuys. He also was influenced by the abstract 

expressionnists of the New York School, many of whom he knew and 

befriended while living in New York City.

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