Henryk Rostowicz painter

Henryk Rostowicz, born in Poland in 1947, immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1950, lives in Ramat Gan. He studied at the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University, and in 1976 was qualified as a lawyer at the Israel Bar Association.

In 1982 he began to paint spontaneously, and from 1984 to 1986 he studied painting with Yitzhak Spector, qualified in art at the University of Kyiv in Russia.

Henryk`s paintings are in oil on canvas, in a realistic figurative style. The subjects of his paintings are mainly portraits and people, as well as landscape and still life paintings. Participated in several group exhibitions in Jaffa.

Personal comments

The Renaissance and Baroque artist influence my drawing style, and I use to paint observing their masterpieces to be inspired by their presentation of topic and choice of colors. I spend my vacation in museums of Europe to find new ideas and energy to create more.

My painting subjects are usually people to reflect their personalities and present a look into their lives. The use of oils is designed to create an accurate expression of the rich and colorful shades. I choose characters express their life story, and find it mostly in older women and ethnic types. Each new painting is a challenge with a character or characters whose faces and body language are fascinating my imagination.

I do not stick to a certain style, and my curiosity leads me to try different painting techniques such as multiple layers flat and smooth color using a small brush compared to thick layers of not diluted paint using big brush. Upper paint layers are semi-transparent to enrich the colors and impart a sense of depth. The painting is primarily a craft workshop that the painter should control it.

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In my atelier, 2005