David Julijovyc Bekker - Ukrainian/American artist - large pastel "Amsterdam" signed

• Huge and colorful 1996 oilcrayon on black paper painting "Amsterdam" by the Ukrainian/American graphic (ex-libris) artist Dawid Juljewitsch Bekker (1940-1922). Signed and dated by the artist right lower corner. Very good condition with bright vivid colors. LOOSE sheet - NOT framed!

Dawid Juljewitsch Bekker (Ukrainian Давид Юлійович Беккер, Russian Давид Юльевич Беккер) (born April 15, 1940 in Odessa; † March 4, 2022 there) was a Ukrainian painter and graphic artist. Bekker's father Julius, whom he never met, came from a family of German colonists and worked as a professor at an industrial institute, where he also met his mother, who was a student at the institute and later a permanent member of the CPSU. His father was born in 1934. Executed in 1939. David took the surname Bekker from his mother. From 1955 to 1960 he attended the art school "M.Grekow" Odessa and from 1960 to 1966 the Art and Craft Institute in Kharkov. In 1966 he began his first creative phase, mainly with paintings, Drawings, engravings and lithographs. Two years later he created the first bookplate based on a linoleum engraving. From 1970 to 1980 he worked mostly with the "drypoint engraving" technique. In 1970 he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR. In 1991 he became a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Since 1994 he has devoted himself increasingly to the creation of bookplates, mostly for private customers. As an artist he was known worldwide in the field of engravings and Lithographs. His works can be found in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, in St. Petersburg, Ex Libis Center / St. Niklaas* Belgium and The Book Museum / Gravenhaag* Netherlands.