'Priscilla' 2009

Yigal Ozeri

GouachePaint
40 ⨯ 60 ⨯ 5 cm
ConditionVery good
Price on request

Willem Kerseboom Gallery

• About the artwork
  Yigal Ozeri
  Yigal Ozeri (b. 1958, Israel) has developed a unique style of Photorealist painting since embracing realism in early 2000. His paintings depict women interacting and connecting with nature. Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite works of the 1850s, his paintings possess a romantic sensibility not captured in works by the other Photorealists. Painting in strictly in oil, Ozeri produces works on canvas and large-scale works on paper; to date, he is the only Photorealist to create large oil on paper paintings. He has exhibited internationally and his paintings are held in many prestigious collections worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art, Israel, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego California, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
  SELECTED COLLECTIONS
  Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
  Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
  Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, New York, NY
  Da-Da Yanko Museum, Ein Harod, Israel
  Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, NY
  Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod, Israel
  Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
  Frederick Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  General American Corporation, Houston, TX
  Hayashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan
  Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
  Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
  The Jewish Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  
  
  Unique , gouache and pencil, framed
• About the artist

  Yigal Ozeri (1958, Israel) is a contemporary painter whose work has redefined Photorealism by infusing it with romanticism and poetic intimacy. Since turning to realism in the early 2000s, Ozeri has forged a distinctive path that departs from the cold precision of traditional Photorealism. His subjects—almost exclusively women—are captured in quiet communion with nature: wandering through meadows, lost in thought among trees, or bathed in dappled light. These moments, hyper-realistic in execution, seem to transcend time.

  Ozeri’s artistic sensibility draws heavily from the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of the 1850s, echoing their idealized vision of feminine beauty and nature’s emotional resonance. But where the Pre-Raphaelites sought to rebel against academic art, Ozeri uses meticulous technique to bridge classical romanticism with contemporary realism.

  Working strictly in oil, Ozeri is the only known Photorealist to produce large-scale oil paintings on paper—an unconventional medium that adds fragility and immediacy to his work. His paintings are both technically astounding and emotionally evocative, often hovering between the photographic and the dreamlike.

  Ozeri's work has garnered international acclaim and is included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Israel, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Beyond technique, it is the atmosphere—delicate, haunting, and intimate—that sets his work apart in the landscape of contemporary painting.

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