Alex Katz is an American painter renowned for his large-scale depictions of flowers, landscapes, and portraits. Katz’s flat planes, simplification of detail, and alla-prima paint application, are trademarks of his work. This piece, Azaleas on Yellow, showcases Katz’s smooth aesthetic. He is able to utilize wide brushstrokes with large swathes of rich color to refine his compositions and produce stunning work. Katz’s artworks are what art historian Robert Storr has called “a n

In Tom Wesselmann’s Still Life with Lilies and Mixed Fruit, the screen-print on paper that explode with vibrancy, the artist deftly showcases his determination to reject all notions of Abstract Expressionism. These shaped swatches of bold and bright colors provide minimalist environments for everyday objects such as bowls of fruit, flowers, and framed portraits simplistically rendered and void of any emotion. Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004) Still Life with Lilies and Mixed Frui