User talk:ArtsalochinJHb

Mane`-Katz,the Ukrainean born artist from the Ecole` de Paris. I have been researching an art work by this artist for over 10 years! It is such an astonishing saga, that the manuscript is beng considered for a feature film. The oil painting, titled 'Many Cats' by Mane`-Katz - is from his rare and very litle known 'Plasticien Period' This he learnt from the famous Fernand Cormon studio, where Van Goch had also studied 23 years earlier. Mane`-Katz was a close friend of Pablo Picasso and the famed charcoal portrait he drew of his friend, Mane`, which was signed and dated Paris March 1932, was in fact not enscribed by Picasso, but by Mane`-Katz! This is a very unusual and starnge practice indeed! Two artists writing on the same artwork! It is very important that the public and art historians become aware of this gross mistake! The portrait is only signed by Picasso,one wqord only! - in a thicker darker pencil. The other inscription, 'Pour Mane`-Katz,Paris March 1932' was in actual fact inscribed by Mane`-Katz himself! This was written in a narrower gauge - and lighter pencil. The Cyrillic Handwriting on the verso of the Mane`-Katz oil, which was painted ln Kishinev, matches perfectly the writing on the Mane`-Katz charcoal portrait! It has been authenticated by experts as the genuine hand writings of Mane`-Katz - and not Picasso! The Mane`-Katz artwork, after 10 years of extensive research and sheer detective work, is believed to be his finest masterpiece! It encapsulates the entire spectrum of the 'Quirky' artist, his quirky sense of humour ie: 'Many Cats; by Mane`-Katz. There are 9 cats in the oil (a very unusual subject,(he often boasted about his nine lives!)And the overall subject of the oil painting. The Van Goch and Fernand Corman influence, is highly evident in the thick brush strokes and generous pastes and vibrant colours! This 'Plasticien'techniques is only mentioned in the rare and out of print raisonne`s of Mane Katz, by Michel Ragon 1960 and Maximilien Gauthier 1950. This oil painting has the largest and most illustrious VIP provenance of the entire artist's creations. It is the only work linked to a Nobel Laureate, whose late art expert husband, who brought Sothebys to South Africa who actually sold the painting, for the retirement presentation to the Mayor of Johannesburg. In order to complete this huge manuscript, which when completed, I would like to send a copy to WIKIPEDIA and the Mane`-Katz museum,in Israel. I am seeking owners of Mane`- Katz paintings, all over the world, to examine the verso and fronts of their works, to compare and include the inscriptions in the final manuscript, for printing. ArtsalochinJHB