Alex Katz is one of the most influential American painters of the postwar era, known for his distinctive fusion of realism and flat abstraction. Over a career spanning more than seven decades, Katz has developed a visual language that is immediately recognizable; bold, distilled, and luminous. With roots in mid century modernism and Pop Art, his pared down style has made him a bridge between generations, influencing artists from David Salle and Elizabeth Peyton to younger painters working today.

Alex Katz’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Tate Modern, the Guggenheim, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Centre Pompidou, among many others.