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George Chemeche

George Chemeche was born in Iraq 1934 and studied at the Avni Art School in Tel Aviv and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The style with which he is intimately associated, pattern painting, is non-minimalist, sensuous, romantic, rational and decorative. Its methods, thematic material and referents range across cultural and class lines. His paintings are in the permanent collections of The Guggenheim, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Israel Museum, and The Denver Fine Art Museum to mention a few. He died in 2022
George Chemeche was born in Iraq 1934 and studied at the Avni Art School in Tel Aviv and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The style with which he is intimately associated, pattern painting, is non-minimalist, sensuous, romantic, rational and decorative. Its methods, thematic material and referents range across cultural and class lines. His paintings are in the permanent collections of The Guggenheim, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Israel Museum, and The Denver Fine Art Museum to mention a few. He died in 2022
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