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which â especially nowadays â only a few painters really master. Ar is definitely one of them: his female nudes are modeled so delicately, and the texture of their skin is rendered in such a convincing way, that they really come to life on the canvas." "Ar not only follows
Rembrandtâs footsteps in his preference for portraying contemplative people, he is also an extremely prolific painter of self-portraits. These self-portraits form a special category within Arâs oeuvre, and one that contains only masterpieces. Especially Arâs drawn self-portraits demonstrate his unique capacity to capture both the outside and the inside of peopleâs heads. Canonic creations from the history of art are gazing from Amnon David Ar portraits. He reveals profound self awareness combined with an almost endless curiosity. Amnon David Ar is indeed self taught, but as such he is very familiar with the history of art, and it seems impossible not to notice the use he does with this knowledge in his paintings.
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111:, before leaving, because he felt that both the training and the curriculum didn't provide the skills and knowledge he was looking for. For this reason, Ar decided to organize his own studies, and spent a further year learning painting and drawing with Abraham Bykov. By studying with older artists, Ar has trained himself in a traditional way, and can, at least in part, be considered an
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Ar paints and draws his surroundings â both the people and everyday objects he finds around him in Tel Aviv. He does this, with a realist technique, often preferring to paint objects which are worn, rather than pristine. Robert Fishko, director of the
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that one wonders why he has not tried his skills on graphic art yet. But that may be one of his future projects: perhaps the best is yet to come."
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