Nissan Engel

Nissan Engel graduated from the Beaux-Arts Bezalel in Jerusalem before receiving a diploma from the Centre Dramatic de L'Est in Strasbourg, France. He began his career designing costumes and sets for the theater in Paris. Engel moved to New York City in 1965 following a series of successful gallery exhibitions. His early work in Paris and New York was characteristic of his academic training and his subject matter was predominately figural and representational. He returned to Paris in 1975, and inspired by a flea market find of old sheet music, began incorporating collage in his compositions. He describes his own work as "abstract lyricism" in which he carefully composes line, color, texture and interwoven paper scraps. Nissan Engel's mixed media canvases and explorations in printmaking are represented by major galleries throughout the world.

Nissan Engel Images:
Fleurs Des Lande
Ligne Melodique