Talk:Avigdor Stematsky
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editIn addition to the copy from [1], for which it seems likely permission might be obtained, this article includes copying and very close paraphrasing from other sources.
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| In the last decade of his life, Stematsky created a series of pure abstracts using a unique technique of thinned tempera on industrial paper....[2] | In the last decade of his life, he created a series of pure abstracts using a unique technique of thinned tempera on industrial paper. |
| ...from 1955 he relegated reality to mere suggestions, basing his compositions on geometric shapes sometimes surrounded by patches of colour. By the 1960s... he had become concerned with rhythm as a way of containing balances and tensions, now using patches of colour to express feeling and to give a tangible dimension to abstract shapes. [3] | From 1955, his compositions were based on geometric shapes surrounded by patches of color. In the 1960s, he became interested in rhythm, using patches of color to express feeling and to add a tangible dimension to abstract shapes. |
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- It seems the original source for this material was Oxford Grove Art, which is fully reserved. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:01, 18 May 2012 (UTC)