ArtistsAlex Katz
Alex Katz

Alex Katz

1927
WA-00003760
PaintingPost-ImpressionismPop Art
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
227
Works in Collection
412
Assets Indexed
15
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (2)

Field Verification (7 fields)

5 cross-verified · 2 single-source
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy+2· 92%
  • Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%
  • Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%
  • BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%
  • WebsiteWikidata· 92%
  • LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
  • DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (9)

About

Why this artist matters now

Alex Katz is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. Since 1951, Katz's work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions and nearly 500 group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. He is well known for his large paintings, whose bold simplicity and heightened colors are considered as precursors to Pop Art.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Post-Impressionism
Medium
Painting
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Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (227)

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Artwork sources (5)

227 published of 382 catalogued · 293 with image
  • MoMA
    154 publishedof 309 catalogued232 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    39 published39 img
  • Tate
    22 published22 img
  • The Met
    7 published
  • Whitney
    5 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources
  • Road
    1998 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Ocean View
    1992 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Young Trees
    1989 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Kate
    1994 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Pansies
    1967 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

11 assets
Alex Katz (Wikipedia)
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Alex Katz (Wikipedia)
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Artsy artist portrait
Artsy
Ted Berrigan, 1967
Wikimedia Commons
Sunset 1 2008
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Alex Katz   Paul Taylor Dance Company
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Alex Katz   Speaking Portraits circa 2002 2005
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Oliver Mark   Alex Katz, Berlin 2006
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery
David Zwirner
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Tate
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Background

Education

Cooper Union
Visual Arts
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Visual Arts
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Exhibitions and timeline