“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.
