https://leokatz.com Leo Katz Sat, 16 Jan 2016 03:03:09 +0000 https://leokatz.com en https://leokatz.com/Start-Page Sat, 16 Jan 2016 03:03:09 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Start-Page Welcome to The Leo Katz Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the prolific works of artist and author Leo Katz (1887-1982). <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ac72f5189e6d1fd80ed2e1dc0e152e7c49eb5fc619ee682f5048fe122952bd2/f-The-Man-1_Small.jpg" data-mid="186568530" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ac72f5189e6d1fd80ed2e1dc0e152e7c49eb5fc619ee682f5048fe122952bd2/f-The-Man-1_Small.jpg" /> Leo Katz, Photograph by Lotte Jacobi (1955) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8c3a1b1ab9b6442aa2b04bf40991850fca26661c1c306196724af86f6532b9e/Pegasus_Websafe_2.jpg" data-mid="180365067" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8c3a1b1ab9b6442aa2b04bf40991850fca26661c1c306196724af86f6532b9e/Pegasus_Websafe_2.jpg" /> Pegasus, Atelier 17 Print (1945) The Foundation has currently documented over 170 portraits, 7 murals, 28 prints, 200 paintings, 5 books, hundreds of photographs and numerous sculptures that Leo created during his career. Additional information on his work is being gathered and researched on an ongoing basis, so please check back regularly. Please feel free to ︎ Contact us if you have questions about Leo’s art or publications. Charitable contributions are welcome to support the ongoing efforts of this non-profit organization. Thanks to efforts by the foundation, new publications and exhibitions are forthcoming.&nbsp; https://leokatz.com/Pegasus Wed, 02 Dec 2015 03:17:24 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Pegasus Pegasus 12" x 14"Edition of 501945 Atelier 17 Engraving and Soft Ground Etching Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17&nbsp;︎︎︎ "This composition tried to express symbolically, the condition of the creative spirit at the end of World War II. Pegasus the winged worse, the dream symbol of man's creative imagination, tries to get out from under the remains of barbed wires and nets among the concrete tank traps. He makes a feeble attempt to rise on his forelegs. In the distance there are still explosions. The dark mesh, which arches over the horse, has a suggestion of a pelvic form which would indicate that awakening is more like birth. I had a feeling at that time (1945) that the great question of our era is whether this birth, or rebirth, of Pegasus will be a living lasting success or not. It is not enough to have rockets and bombers flying high in the air while man's creative soul with its dreams is permanently grounded. The technique of this copper plate is a combination of straight burin engraving and soft ground etching. The method applied I learned at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 on Christmas of 1945 in New York." Leo Katz Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8c3a1b1ab9b6442aa2b04bf40991850fca26661c1c306196724af86f6532b9e/Pegasus_Websafe_2.jpg" data-mid="180362374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8c3a1b1ab9b6442aa2b04bf40991850fca26661c1c306196724af86f6532b9e/Pegasus_Websafe_2.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Space-Organization Wed, 02 Dec 2015 03:19:47 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Space-Organization Space Organization 8"x10"Edition of 501945 Atelier 17 Engraving and Soft Ground Etching Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17 ︎︎︎ "Space organization is exactly what the title means, an attempt to organize space. Starting with a background of classical perspective construction, there are forms partly solid and partly transparent moving through space. This was an experiment on soft ground technique and abstract composition. This method of experimenting was a group project at Atelier 17 in 1945 in New York City." Leo Katz Next ︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf65bec2436c1f58a333308b77e38b35f9b5ca301156bfedbf86727ce6c8a595/Space-Organization_Websafe_2.jpg" data-mid="180362375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf65bec2436c1f58a333308b77e38b35f9b5ca301156bfedbf86727ce6c8a595/Space-Organization_Websafe_2.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Textures Wed, 02 Dec 2015 03:22:42 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Textures Textures 10" x 6" Edition of 50 1945 Atelier 17 Engraving and Soft Ground Etching Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17 ︎︎︎ "Textures is an attempt to compose a symphony of lines with different strength and movement in relation ti a great variety of textural areas. As the title says, my main interest was concentrating on experimenting with and ysing the new soft ground techniques for textural effects. There was no particular symbolic meaning. The technique of this copper plate is a combination of engraving and soft ground etching. The method applied I learned at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17. It was completed in 1945 in New York." Leo Katz Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35dc632186ad6acdd573353d06ed5ab046b721e2da16dd9a9652f095343bcb19/Textures-Websafe.jpg" data-mid="180362376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35dc632186ad6acdd573353d06ed5ab046b721e2da16dd9a9652f095343bcb19/Textures-Websafe.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Patzcuaro-Nocturne Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:08:41 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Patzcuaro-Nocturne Patzcuaro Nocturne 14" x 18" Edition of 85 1943 Atelier 17 Engraving and Soft Ground Etching Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17&nbsp;︎︎︎ "I spent the major part of whole summer in Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan in Mexico. It used to be an enchanting place before the modern automobile road attracted tourists in large numbers. Every morning when the sun shone, I made landscape sketches. During the afternoon there was almost invariable cloud bursts at which time I stayed indoors to make the sketches of the Tarascan Indians. After the rain in the evening, people would put out their little pots and pans to sell coffee, corn, and enchiladas. I saw an older woman of an indian type when a young girl turned to the older woman with a cup in her hand. The simple movement of her rebozo in combination with the strange light effects and the simpe forms of the pots created almost a biblical atmosphere which I tried to capture in a sketch, and later in this lithograph. These are vendors of coffee and roast corn at nightfall on the Patzcuaro Muchoacan." Leo Katz Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/523e4e61cb49b2af247f2e4ef48f5fa0c0e8cec16bcb368a1976e01a89364c05/Patzcuaro-Nocturne_Websafe.jpg" data-mid="180362377" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/523e4e61cb49b2af247f2e4ef48f5fa0c0e8cec16bcb368a1976e01a89364c05/Patzcuaro-Nocturne_Websafe.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Swan Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:08:39 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Swan Swan 8" x 10" Edition Count Unknown 1945 Atelier 17 Engraving and Soft Ground Etching Downloadable PDF ︎︎︎ Atelier 17&nbsp;︎︎︎ Swan Engraving is part of a teaching and experimental engraving that illustrates the soft ground etching techniques of white and black features. The swan often depicted as Cygnus, and other animal like images are used in this print and many of Leo's paintings and murals. The print was completed at Atelier 17 in 1945. The Leo Katz Foundation Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82920b8e4efb8ee0e76f39311619296dd82b8c4b133750fca9dcbf02faf7a7e0/Swan_Websafe.jpg" data-mid="180362378" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82920b8e4efb8ee0e76f39311619296dd82b8c4b133750fca9dcbf02faf7a7e0/Swan_Websafe.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Dream Mon, 21 Dec 2015 05:25:45 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Dream Dream 11" x 16" Edition of 501945 Atelier 17 Engraving Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17&nbsp;︎︎︎ "This print came from a drawing I made after a dream. The figure is hiding itself in the corner of a contraption which seems to telescope into the foreground. Serpents are searching through space for victims and the situation has a harsh nightmarish effect. The technique is a simple line engraving which adds to the desirable unreality." Leo Katz Next ︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51782e4ace17e1e3fa8e27ab44440770fba664918fc8a43c67c4aa4cba3252ac/Dream-Symbols_Websafe_2.jpg" data-mid="180362380" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51782e4ace17e1e3fa8e27ab44440770fba664918fc8a43c67c4aa4cba3252ac/Dream-Symbols_Websafe_2.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Uncertainty Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:08:36 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Uncertainty Uncertainty 14" x 20"Edition of 501949 Atelier 17 Burin Engraving Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17 ︎︎︎ "This composition consists of various mental symbols. This is an indication of a globe, sharp metal, turbulent liquid waves and violently moving flames. Perhaps this was a subconscious allusion to the old concepts of the four elements while in the background an eruption from within the globe representing a newly discovered form of energy. The feeling of this engraving was influenced by the feeling of uncertainty in the world reflected in the different elements of nature. This is a pure burin engraving on copper and printed in sepia." Leo Katz Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8bc37a8efe261fd18b6641ee0cf20750b4276b9facb8e8979fa87c20b35415a/Uncertainty_Websafe_2.jpg" data-mid="180362384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8bc37a8efe261fd18b6641ee0cf20750b4276b9facb8e8979fa87c20b35415a/Uncertainty_Websafe_2.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/Chronos Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:08:49 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/Chronos Chronos 24" x 16"Edition of 1001943 Lithograph Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17&nbsp;︎︎︎ This print was commissioned by Dr. Bela Schick, the inventor of the shick test, for his 50th wedding anniversary. Leo applied his mural making techniques to illustrate the changes in war and transportation while father time marches on. The Leo Katz Foundation Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e8360b347e2637700f188ca088e21c63156b953cb5798c5d03858a09a70e5f6/Father-Chronos_Websafe_2.jpg" data-mid="180362386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e8360b347e2637700f188ca088e21c63156b953cb5798c5d03858a09a70e5f6/Father-Chronos_Websafe_2.jpg" /> https://leokatz.com/December-7th-1941 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 03:53:38 +0000 Leo Katz https://leokatz.com/December-7th-1941 December 7th, 1941 16" x 22"Edition of 501944 Atelier 17 Lithograph Downloadable PDF&nbsp;︎︎︎ Atelier 17&nbsp;︎︎︎ "Immediately after Pearl Harbor, there was a great deal of talk about the almost fatal complacency of the American Public. It was obvious that we were utterly unprepared technically and mentally, and for some time were beaten on all fronts without showing too much concern. My response is this lithograph which shows a thin brick wall which on December 7, 1941 was perforated, a thin wall which had separated us up to that day from an enormous sea of destruction (represented by skulls). This warrior does not appear with a modern super tank or super bomb but by an old horse which already shows signs of strain since outside our borders the wall was no longer a new or fresh adventure. In the lower foreground there are symbolic serpents wiggling their way towards the spectators and representing treachery, hatred and prejudice." Leo Katz Next&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f41c0698ff31beb9db61dbba7a7a0abc946caba001f88283cf22092a5affadf/December-7-1941_Websafe_3.jpg" data-mid="180362387" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f41c0698ff31beb9db61dbba7a7a0abc946caba001f88283cf22092a5affadf/December-7-1941_Websafe_3.jpg" />