Artist: Osvaldo Romberg (1938–2019)
Technique: Exhibition Poster, Offset Lithograph
Dimensions: 70x100 cm
Status: Hand-signed by the artist in pencil
About the Artwork
This original exhibition poster was published for Osvaldo Romberg's solo exhibition Mythologies, from Altamira to Manet: an emotional analysis of art history, held at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art between December 1980 and January 1981. The layout features Romberg's signature conceptual analysis method, applying structured color scales and typographical dissections to a classical masterpiece, Peter Paul Rubens's The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus. The poster is hand-signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right corner.
About the Artist
Osvaldo Romberg: An internationally acclaimed Argentine-Israeli artist, curator, and theoretician, born in Buenos Aires in 1938 and passed away in 2019.
Conceptual Focus: Widely recognized for his analytical projects from the late 1970s and 1980s, where he deconstructed classical art history milestones into color matrices, paradigms, and academic taxonomies.
Career and Academic Impact: Served as a senior professor at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and founded the Romberg Institute for Contemporary Art. His works are included in major museum collections globally, including the MoMA in New York, the Ludwig Museum, and the Israel Museum.