Israel
BroytmanPRO

Brief Biography
Israel Broytman graduated from the Moscow Institute of Art in 1960. In 1966 he moved to St. Petersburg, Russia's cultural capital, where he continued his artistic career. His early works focused on traditional Russian life, but he began to develop his own, non-conformist style.

In 1980 he moved to Toronto, Canada, where his works became increasingly more metaphysical and universal. Broytman's unique style was developed through his use of traditional techniques and newer innovative concepts and subjects.

Initially his works were figurative and focused on images of women. Later his works focused on portraits of everyday objects, landscapes, people and faces. His paintings express feelings and memories from his past; stark and lonely objects are surrounded by life and warmth.

official website
www.israelbroytman.com

Israel Broytman - In his own words
My works explore time not as a physical element, but as an aesthetic parameter. They depict the sublime motion of human nature.

Physical objects are complexes of sensations. An individual object in painting is an essence. A particular subject matter represents the ultimate reality, where objects are in quantitative relationships with their backgrounds. Where they exist.

Old objects are living memories, meaningful definitions of time and reality, and existence can be understood consciously through a vanished past. Immanuel Kant’s concept of a “thing in itself” is a psycho-physical or metaphysical reality of an object.

Our inner world is a metaphysical reality. What kinds of symbols are used for metaphysical reality? What kind of code is there in my paintings? Basically, two types - the so-called exteriors and interiors.
Exteriors are nights, still lives, faces - interiors for the outer world, the world beyond us. Interiors are staircases, doors, windows, balconies, chairs.

Musicians tune their instruments before a concert. Painting can tune a human soul, it can be a sort of psychic therapy. It’s important that the spectator become purified and renewed in front of a painting, become reborn.

SELECTED ONE-MAN SHOWS
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1981
Alliance Française Gallery,
Toronto, Canada 1982
Beth Tzedec Museum,
Toronto, Canada 1984
Weller’s Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1985
Gallery Hittite, Toronto, Canada 1987
Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1987
Nicholas Roerich Museum,
New York, USA 1988
Mega Fine Art, Toronto, Canada 1990
Schieder & Associates Gallery,
Toronto, Canada 1993
Klim Art Galleries, Toronto 1995
Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Canada 1995
Gallery 7, Toronto, Canada 1995
Pearl Gallery, Burlington, Canada 1998
Gallery 7, Toronto, Canada 1999
Monique Gallery, New York, USA 2000
Klim Art Galleries, Toronto 2000
Klim Art Galleries, Toronto 2004

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Gallery Lory, So. Norwalk, CT, USA
“The Art of Contemporary Russia” 1989
Tokyo International Art Show,
Tokyo, Japan 1991
Art Expo, New York, USA 1992
Art Miami, Miami, USA 1993
Art Expo, Las Vegas, USA 1993
Art Expo, New York, USA 1993
Art Expo, Los Angeles, USA 1994
Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany 1994
Art Expo, New York, USA 1994
Art Asia, Hong Kong 1994
Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany 1995
Art Expo, New York, USA 1995
Art Multiple Messe,
Dusseldorf, Germany 1995
Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany 1995
Art Expo, New York, USA 1996
Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery
New York, USA 1997
Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Canada 1997
Art Americas, Florida, USA 1998
Images, Amsterdam, Holland 1998
Art Expo, New York, USA 1998
Leonard Hutton Galleries,
New York, USA 1998
Art Expo, New York, USA 1999
Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK 1999
Art Expo, New York, USA 2000
Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK 2000
Art 21, Las Vegas, USA 2000
Klim Art Galleries, Toronto 2000-2013
Grace Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2005-2012
La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1999-2014
Towne Square Gallery,
Oakville, Canada 2009-2017