One of our highlights at the TEFAF Maastricht 2020 is a large-scale painting by ALEX KATZ: The artist, born in Brooklyn in 1927, is known for his invention of "Cool Painting", a sober, realistic style that is characterized in technique and pictorial content by a clear flatness and reduction to a minimum of color and detail. By dispensing with narrative elements and the size of his paintings, which are often reminiscent of 1950s advertising posters, his influence on Pop Art becomes clear, and Katz is rightfully celebrated as one of its pioneers.