Painter. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.
Born in 1908 in Odessa.
He studied at the Odessa art Institute (1929-1935) A. F. Gausa, T. B. Fraerman.
Completed a thesis "In fishing collective farm" under the direction of Yu R. Bershad.
Participated in the design of the pavilions "Turkmen SSR", "fisheries of the Volga region" and others on VSHV (1938-1953).
Participant of exhibitions since 1935
Personal exhibition I. L. Katz took place in 1937 and 1987 in Moscow, in 1972 in Dubna.
Wrote mostly seascapes. The sea was the main theme of the artist.
Created a series of works "By Pushkin places".
Is constantly displayed at Moscow exhibitions, exhibitions of marine painters on Union art exhibitions.
Works of the artist are in the Tretyakov gallery, the Museum of contemporary history of Russia, in many regional museums and private collections.
