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Maurice Pasternak

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Maurice Pasternak
Born22 December 1946
Bruxelles (Belgique)
NationalityBelge
EducationÉcole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre (Brussels, Belgium)
Known forArtiste, graveur et dessinateur
Websitehttp://www.mauricepasternak.be/

Maurice Pasternak (born 1946 in Brussels) is a Belgian artist, engraver and drawer.[1]

His work is essentially focused on mezzotint technique.[2][3] He also develops drawing artworks, with various techniques: pastel, wax and pigments, and graphite.[4][5][6]

Human relationships are at the very core of his work.[7]

Career

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Until 2010s, his work mainly consists of engravings and pastels.

The topic of space, deeply linked to the particular use of perspective: objective and subjective as well as to the different light sources[8]

The graphite technique enabled him to articulate various themes (subjects) through changing handwriting on the legible limits[9][10]

His work expresses an intemporality of intention, and is profoundly imbued with its existential questioning[9]

Collections

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Notes and References

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  1. ^ "Maurice Pasternak". Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée – Collection (in French). 2022.
  2. ^ "Maurice Pasternak". Musée Félicien Rops (in French).
  3. ^ Danièle Gillemon (1 February 1989). "Gravures et pastels de Pasternak, la rumeur". Le Soir (in French).
  4. ^ Françoise De Paepe (3 March 1989). "Pastels et mélanges. Changement à vue : Pasternak passe au pastel". Journal du médecin (in French) (411).
  5. ^ Jean Pigeon (10 February 1989). "Gravures et pastels". Le Vif-Express (in French).
  6. ^ "Pasternak, Maurice". Oxford Art Online – Benezit, Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00136774. ISBN 9780199773787.
  7. ^ Danièle Gillemon (15 February 1984). "Les gravures de Pasternak". Le Soir (in French).
  8. ^ Roger Pierre Turine (January 2022). "Pasternak au Salon d'Art". La Libre (in French).
  9. ^ a b Sandra Caltagirone (January 2020). "Sans tambour ni trompette". Flux News (in French) (813).
  10. ^ Manon Paulus (January 2021). "Maurice Pasternak, entre absence et résidu". Mu in the City (in French).
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