THE PORTRAIT OF B TRAVEN Fine art category Painting Medium Oil/canvas Sizes 76.2x60.96 cm (30x24 in) Date of creation 1967 Subject portrait Signature YES Authentication certificate YES country UNITED STATES THE PORTRAIT OF B TRAVEN THE ENIGMATIC WRITER OF THE 20TH CENTURY JUST FOR THE RECORD HE WROTE "THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE' " HE WAS INVOLVE IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC WHO IS B.TRAVEN. PLEASE GOOGLE.IT IS HISTORY. THIS IS THE ONLY PORTRAIT THAT EXIST OF B. TRAVEN. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE INTERNET. I PERSONALLY BECOME PART THE FAMILY, IT IS LONG AND FASCINATING STORY IT IS FOR SELL ONLY TO PUBLIC INSTITUTION. MUSEUM LIBRARY ETC. IT IS COPY RIGHT OF THE ARTIST FOR MORE INFO IGAL MAOZ EMAIL GALIMAZ@AOL.COM IGAL M: â€oeTHE LAST IMPRESSIONIST?â€Â   To celebrate the coming of the 21st Century, Igal M, a talented and acclaimed artist in the 1960s in Europe and Mexico held his first shows in 2001 and 2003, after almost 30 years of absence from the world of art. â€oeI contributed to create the most sacred art, â€Ëœlife.' My creation is in my wife and our two daughters, whom I devoted my life for. They gave me in return joy and happiness more than any other art can give. This was my art. I am back now with full power. Nothing was lost. My return to painting was as natural as my family.â€Â The first show, titled â€oeA Celebration of Life, Friendship and Art,â€Â which was a retrospective of paintings from 1960-2001 from Paris, Mexico, and New York, was held from June 15, 2001 â€Ö September 30, 2001 at the NY Information Technology Center Gallery in New York City. The follow-up show, â€oeSunrise Sunset: Recent Paintingsâ€Â ran from October 18, 2003 â€Ö December 18, 2003 at the Art Wise Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.   Igal Maoz was born in Israel in 1929. In 1960, he entered the â€oeEcole Superieure Nationale des Beaux Artsâ€Â in Paris. In the evenings, he studied drawing at the Grand Chaumiere School. Igal received recognition from the most important art critics wherever his works were shown. One of his most memorable moments was the visit of Edward G. Robinson to his show at a gallery in Los Angeles. With acclamation in his voice, Robinson said, â€oeMonet, Turnerâ€Â and in his letter afterward to Igal, â€oeYou are possessed of fine talent and, serious and dedicated as you are, you are bound to receive recognition and perhaps sooner than some of the great masters of old.â€Â   In 1965, Igal was invited to Cuernavaca, Mexico by the famous muralist Siquieros to work on the biggest mural in the world, called â€oeLa Marche de la Humanidad.â€Â The mural is now on display in Chapultapec, Mexico City. In 1967, Igal was given a one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, which is the highest recognition for an artist in Mexico. While in Mexico, Igal met B. Traven, the enigmatic writer of this century. His most famous work is â€oeThe Treasure of the Sierra Madreâ€Â which was made into a movie with Humphrey Bogart. Igal was the only known person who drew a portrait of B. Traven, and it was the only image of Traven ever published in the newspapers.   Selections from Igal's Exhibitions:   In 1964 in Bergerac, France, his painting was shown side by side with Picasso In 1965, he participated in the famous â€oeSalon des Independentsâ€Â at the Grand Palais in Paris. In 1965, he was invited to â€oeThe French Painters of our Timeâ€Â in the Sao Paulo Museum, Brazil In 1967, he had shows at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and participated in â€oeThe III Bianal of Sculptorsâ€Â in Mexico  What the critics in Europe said about Igal's work:   Mask et Visage: â€oeA revelation in a young artist, painter and sculptureâ€Â¦he arrives to a degree of superior sensitivity, reality and dreams, poetry.â€Â [Irene Mauget, Paris, 1965]   Le Figaro: â€oeIgal abandons to his sensibility the outside contour of things and finds the poetry within themâ€Â¦his painting speaks of certain Impressionists, but he borrows from no one.â€Â [Andre Larche, Paris, 1965]   The Last Hour: â€oeIgal is an Israeli painter whose sensitivity is inscribed in colors of bathing Impressionist landscape, while one sometimes might imagine having been conceived in the past century. The impression is evident, rich in poetic painting.â€Â [Allan Viray, Bruxelle, 1964]   â€oeThe â€ËœToro' of Igal is the coronation of power itself.â€Â [H. Adam]   Instyroart:   While in Mexico, Igal invented a new technique he called â€oeInstyroartâ€Â and the â€oeStyrographâ€Â graphic medium, which opened a new page in the history of art and was acclaimed by the Mexican media: â€oeI have seen the birth of Futurism in Italy and the evolution of Cubism in France. Also more recently, the explorations of Pop and Op Movementsâ€Â¦Who can judge Igal's new technique as too daring?â€Â [Gutierrez Tibon, Mexican Encyclopedia]   In 1971, Igal was invited to create an Instyroart mural 40' x 8', called â€oeUniverse, Trip into Space,â€Â at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, a science fiction writers conference in Toronto, Canada.     Art Critics of Mexico:   El Sol de Mexico: About the portrait of B. Traven, â€oeIn this painting [Igal] manifests all the art that surges from the palette and brush of this genius painter.â€Â [Editorial, 1967]   El Sol de Mexico: â€oeIgal is a Post Impressionist attracted by nature, and humans as a part of nature, human figures growing from the earth and vegetation interlace in his painting, and his art is a reflection, a poetry of his love for life.â€Â [E.Z. de Brault, 1966]   â€oeIt is as a portraitist that Igal expresses the most powerful touch of his brush. The portrait of B. Traven is evocative, a testimony of passion. It is fascinating to see him working. In just a few seconds the colors spring from his hand, transmitting to the spectator an intense emotion.â€Â [Rosa Ellena Lujan traven,1967]   The Excelsior: â€oeThe colors are clean, the paintings are expressive, rich in atmosphere. Immediately, you get the sense of a Neo Impressionist artist.â€Â [Margarita Nelkin, 1967]   El Dia: â€oeWhen you see Igal's paintings, you cannot help but associate with the Impressionists. It is easy to cite Monet, Van Gogh, Sisley. For me, some of his paintings make me think of the singular English painter, Turner, the true precursor of Impressionism.â€Â [A. Foppa, 1967]   â€oeIgal is not a â€Ëœconsecrated artist,' not a member of the elite world of renowned artists, but his unique contribution to the world of art is the only portrait to be known in the world of the mysterious writer, B. Traven.â€Â [Ricardo Pina, 1967]   Revista Mexicana de la Cultura: â€oeFrom the caves of Altamira to Picasso, painting was created on a passive surface. For the first time in pictorial art, the surface ceases to be just a simple support for the painting and it creates a play of colors, â€ËœInstyroart' is born. It achieves the third dimension without being sculpture.â€Â [J. Pichardo, 1969]   *              *             *