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Biography | Portfolio
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Tanya Wissotzky and Alexander Galtchansky work in acrylic, pen,
ink, and collage on specially treated canvas. In their still life paintings they
incorporate references to the calligraphy of old English flower stunning collage details that celebrate
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painting manuals, and
Paris in the Twenties. Their art is laced with
nostalgia, romanticism, and vitality. Wissotzky and Alexander were both born in 1959,
in Crimea of the former Soviet Union. Their collaborations began in the Kiev Institute
of Arts were Wissotzky worked as a painter and Alexander as a book illustrator. After
getting married and immigrating to Israel, the couple united their creative forces and
began a lifelong artistic partnership. The work of Alexander and Wissotzky has received
critical acclaim and enjoyed success in Israel, the United States, Sweden and Germany;
it may be found in public and private collections all over the world. |
