The World’s Fastest Painter. Artsy Editorial. By Abigail Cain. Jan 6th, 2017 9:16 pm. Thirty seconds. That’s just enough time for the average athletic person to run the 200-meter dash. For Morris... Read full biography
The World’s Fastest Painter. Artsy Editorial. By Abigail Cain. Jan 6th, 2017 9:16 pm. Thirty seconds. That’s just enough time for the average athletic person to run the 200-meter dash. For Morris Katz, it was enough to finish an entire painting. On May 9th, 1988, the New York artist set a new world... Read full biography
The World’s Fastest Painter. Artsy Editorial. By Abigail Cain. Jan 6th, 2017 9:16 pm. Thirty seconds. That’s just enough time for the average athletic person to run the 200-meter dash. For Morris Katz, it was enough to finish an entire painting. On May 9th, 1988, the New York artist set a new world record by painting a 12- by 16-inch canvas of a child in the snow in just half a minute. (It took an additional eight seconds to frame it.) And that wasn’t the only distinction granted to Katz by the... Read full biography
The World’s Fastest Painter. Artsy Editorial. By Abigail Cain. Jan 6th, 2017 9:16 pm. Thirty seconds. That’s just enough time for the average athletic person to run the 200-meter dash. For Morris Katz, it was enough to finish an entire painting. On May 9th, 1988, the New York artist set a new world record by painting a 12- by 16-inch canvas of a child in the snow in just half a minute. (It took an additional eight seconds to frame it.) And that wasn’t the only distinction granted to Katz by the Guinness Book of World Records—his name appeared alongside Pablo Picasso’s under the heading for “Most Prolific Painters.” The Spanish master is estimated to have completed some 13,500 paintings in his life; when Katz died in 2010 at age 78, he was... Read full biography
The World’s Fastest Painter. Artsy Editorial. By Abigail Cain. Jan 6th, 2017 9:16 pm. Thirty seconds. That’s just enough time for the average athletic person to run the 200-meter dash. For Morris Katz, it was enough to finish an entire painting. On May 9th, 1988, the New York artist set a new world record by painting a 12- by 16-inch canvas of a child in the snow in just half a minute. (It took an additional eight seconds to frame it.) And that wasn’t the only distinction granted to Katz by the Guinness Book of World Records—his name appeared alongside Pablo Picasso’s under the heading for “Most Prolific Painters.” The Spanish master is estimated to have completed some 13,500 paintings in his life; when Katz died in 2010 at age 78, he was credited with 225,000. Katz’s preposterously productive career began in the small Polish village where he... Read full biography
Morris Katz - Artist Info
About Morris Katz: Books
Books & Publications (8)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers