“On the formal side of the painting, the equivalence to time passing can be seen as authentic blotches or patinas on an object’s surface. Furthermore, the background characteristically contains a gallery of faces – disappearing or looming as contemporaries of all those memorabilia.

All works are exploring time not as a physical quantity, but as an esthetic parameter and depict the sublime motion of human nature.”

Born 1939 in Moscow, lives in Toronto, Ontario

Israel Broytman graduated from the Moscow Institute of Art in 1960. In 1966 he moved to St. Petersburg (Russia's cultural capital) where he continued his artistic career. His early work focused on traditional Russian life.

In 1980 he moved to Canada, where his work became increasingly more metaphysical and universal. Broytman's unique style was developed through his use of traditional techniques and newer innovative concepts and subjects. 

Initially his work was figurative and focused on images of women. Later his work focused on portraits of everyday objects. His paintings express feelings and memories from his past; stark and lonely objects are surrounded by life and warmth. 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003    

Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, ON

1999

Gallery 7, Toronto, ON

1998

Pearl Gallery, Burlington, ON

1995

Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

1993

Schieder & Associates Gallery, Toronto, ON

1990

Mega Fine Art, Toronto, ON

1988

Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, USA

1987

Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON

1985

Weller's Gallery, Toronto, ON

1984

Beth Tzedec Museum, Toronto, ON

1982

Alliance Francaise Gallery, Toronto, ON

1981

Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008    

Magic Door Gallery, Sunderland, ON

“Krasota – Five Russian Masters”

2007    

La Parete Gallery, Toronto, ON

2001    

Art Expo, New York, NY

2000    

Art 21, Las Vegas, NV

Monique Gallery, New York, NY

1999.   

Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK

1998

Hutton Galleries, New York

Images, Amsterdam, Holland

1997

Art Americas, FL

Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, ON

Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York

1996

Art Expo, New York, NY

1995

Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany

Art Multiple Messe, Dusseldorf, Germany

Art Expo, New York, NY

Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany

1994

Art Asia, Hong Kong

Art Expo, New York, NY

Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany

Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA

1993

Art Expo, New York, NY

Art Expo, Las Vegas, NV

Art Miami, Miami, FL

1992

Art Expo, New York, NY

1991

Tokyo International Art Show, Tokyo, Japan

1989

Gallery Lory, South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA - The Art of Contemporary Russia

COLLECTIONS

Israel Broytman's work can be found in the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, Toronto Holocaust Museum, and in private and corporate collections in Russia, Canada, USA, Italy, Israel, France, Hong Kong and Japan.