Nat Mayer Shapiro - Rigor and Joy

With irony and an almost childlike lightness, Nat Mayer Shapiro deploys an inquisitive, facetious spirit, a poetic sense of humor, and pokes fun at religion.

Line plays with space; at times thin, light and aerial, sometimes abundant, always organized.

With echoes of Klee, Kandinsky and Op Art, he asserts his distinct style and personality, combining abstract and figurative forms, dynamics and clarity of composition, color and depth, and modulation of the chromatic palette.

Born in New York in 1919, American artist Nat Mayer Shapiro worked in Chicago before settling in Paris in 1961. He returned to New York in 1985, where he died in 2005.

CONTENTS
Foreword
Mirella Shapiro

Approaching the Apex: The Art and Adventure of Nat Mayer Shapiro
Gemma Cirignano

An Interview with Dr. Faustino Quintanilla
Dr. Faustino Quintanilla, Gemma Cirignano

A Rare Imagination
Barry McCallion

A Contemplation of Identity. Exploring Jewish Motifs in Nat Shapiro’s Art
Catherine Baker-Wingfield

Look at the Kites, Look!
Yves Kobry

From New York to Paris and Back Again: An Artist’s Life
Mirella Shapiro, Eric Rosenberg

Reflections on Byzantine Cupolas
Hélène Bordeloup

My Father Nat Shapiro
Marc Shapiro

Chronology
Mirella Shapiro

Tribute

List of Works

Acknowledgements