Al Bernstein (* 1949 in Austria)
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Al Bernstein (* 1949 in Austria) is an artist originating from Austria, who created his major work in the USA. Bernstein moved from Austria to the USA in 1979. The greatness of the American landscape shaped his metaphorically abstract work. Bernsteins work covers over 900, usually large sized works apart from a first, classical phase, which is directed still toward objective seizing of the things. With "The Florida book of plates - in concert with nature" Bernstein published 1985 his first handprinted artist book. Further handprinted books and so-called Pigmentographs followed. A Pigmentograph designates one of Al Bernstein developed art print. A small selection of Pigmentographs were exhibited in a project with the Deutsche Bahn AG in 24 German cities (e.g.: Karlsruhe, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden), 1997 .
Honors and Awards:
- 1982 Paddington Prize Award NY.NY
- 1988 Ibiza Prize Award
- 1989 Art Horizon Award NY. NY
- 1990 appointment as Professor artis honoris, Academia Europea,
- 1990 honour member of the Fundacion Academia Europea de Artes y Ciencias, Casa de los Artistas, Spain.
[edit] References
- Al Bernstein on Artnet [1]
- Al Bernstein official website [[2]]
- Al Bernstein: Traktate, Werkstattbücher, Techniken und Materialien der Maler: A Complete Guide to Artists Materials and Techniques from Ancient- to Our Times (ISBN 3-00-010785-1)
- Al Bernstein Catalogue of Works 1990; also Al Bernstein: »Codified Values«, 1996
