Shlomo Katz
Shlomo Katz was born 1937 in Lodz, Poland and he immigrated to Palestine in 1945 at the age of eight. He went to school at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek, and his teachers noticed his artistic ability from the beginning. He then went to Paris to pursue art where he studied at the Ecole de Beaux Arts. It was there that he developed his original technique of oil painting on a gilded metal surface. This gold surface and his rich colors resemble oriental miniatures and medieval icons. Katz’s serigraphs became the ultimate in modern printmaking and in 1985 he was commissioned by the Falcon Foundation to design 9 large pieces of art for the chapel at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, now considered a National Treasure. Katz's works are featured in galleries and museums in Israel, Australia, France, Hungary, United States, and England.