Alex Katz (b.1927) is a preeminent American figurative artist whose bold, pared-down portraits and landscapes have become central to the aesthetics of postwar and contemporary art. Born in Brooklyn to Russian-immigrant parents, Katz grew up in Queens and went on to study at Cooper Union and at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine.

Although he began with painting, Katz embarked on a robust printmaking career around 1965, working in lithography, silkscreen, etching, woodcuts, and linocuts. Over more than six decades, his prints evolved but always retained his signature graphic clarity and meditative restraint.

His imagery is both immediate and timeless: flat planes of color, elegantly cropped faces, and landscapes that collapse distance into intimacy. Katz’s portrait subjects frequently include his wife Ada, friends, dancers, and figures drawn from his own circle.

Katz’s work is held by the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tate, and more than 100 institutions worldwide. His print editions, in particular, occupy an accessible and highly desired tier in the market—offering collectors a chance to own authentic works by a leading American artist, often well below $20,000, without compromising on prestige or quality.