Rapoport, Alek

Creator details

Name
Rapoport, Alek
Nationality
American
Biography
An artist of international repute, Alek Rapoport (1933-1997) was born in Russia and compared his life to “the swing of a pendulum”. A dissident artist all his life, in both his sacred and secular works he concentrated on the inner life and spiritual subjects. His colour reliefs, paintings, and engravings are held by museums and collections in many countries, including the Leningrad State Russian Museum and the Vatican Museum.

Assets (36 in total)

Trinity in Dark Tones, Genesis 18, 1994 (tempera on cotton)
Adam and Eve, South of Market, 1994 (mixed media on linen)
Jeremiah, Isaiah and Ezekiel, from 'The Books of Prophets', 1995 (mixed media on panel)
Images of San Fracisco #6, Two African American Women & a Fat Man, 1989 (tempera on goznak paper)
Followers of Krishna, 1996 (oil on canvas)
Three Men on Market Street, 1986 (oil & tempera on masonite)
From the Life of St. Nicholas, 1991 (mixed media on orgalit)
The Curbs with Big Red San Francisco Woman, 1993 (mixed media on burlap)
Images of Mission Street No.12, or Macho Man Wearing Hat, 1992 (latex on paper)
Madonna and Child, 1988
The Carnival, or The Lesbians, 1980 (oil and tempera on canvas)
South of Market Warehouses, 1996 (mixed media on burlap)

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