Maurice Pasternak (born 1946 in Brussels) is a Belgian artist, engraver and drawer.[1]
Maurice Pasternak | |
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| Born | 22 December 1946 Bruxelles (Belgique) |
| Nationality | Belge |
| Education | École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre (Brussels, Belgium) |
| Known for | Artiste, graveur et dessinateur |
| Website | http://www.mauricepasternak.be/ |
His work is essentially focused on mezzotint technique.[2][3] He also develops drawing artworks, with various techniques: pastel, wax and pigments, and graphite.[4][5][6]
Human relationships are at the very core of his work.[7]
Career edit
Until 2010s, his work mainly consists of engravings and pastels.
The topic of space, deeply linked to the particular use of perspective: objective and subjective as well as to the different light sources[8]
The graphite technique enabled him to articulate various themes (subjects) through changing handwriting on the legible limits[9][10]
His work expresses an intemporality of intention, and is profoundly imbued with its existential questioning[9]
Collections edit
- Cabinets des Estampes de Bruxelles et Liège.
- Collections de l’État belge.
- Banque Nationale de Belgique.
- Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image Imprimé de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, à La Louvière, Belgique.
- Musée de Cracovie, Musée de Majdanek, Pologne.
- Musée d’Art Moderne de Taipei, Taïwan R.O.C.
- Musée d’Art Moderne de Stockholm, Suède.
- Musée de la Gravure, Allemagne.
- The New Orleans Museum of Art, USA.
- Warnock Fine Arts, Canada.
- Museum and collection from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
- Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japon.
Notes and References edit
- ^ "Maurice Pasternak". Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée – Collection (in French). 2022.
- ^ "Maurice Pasternak". Musée Félicien Rops (in French).
- ^ Danièle Gillemon (1 February 1989). "Gravures et pastels de Pasternak, la rumeur". Le Soir (in French).
- ^ Françoise De Paepe (3 March 1989). "Pastels et mélanges. Changement à vue : Pasternak passe au pastel". Journal du médecin (in French) (411).
- ^ Jean Pigeon (10 February 1989). "Gravures et pastels". Le Vif-Express (in French).
- ^ "Pasternak, Maurice". Oxford Art Online – Benezit, Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00136774. ISBN 9780199773787.
- ^ Danièle Gillemon (15 February 1984). "Les gravures de Pasternak". Le Soir (in French).
- ^ Roger Pierre Turine (January 2022). "Pasternak au Salon d'Art". La Libre (in French).
- ^ a b Sandra Caltagirone (January 2020). "Sans tambour ni trompette". Flux News (in French) (813).
- ^ Manon Paulus (January 2021). "Maurice Pasternak, entre absence et résidu". Mu in the City (in French).
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