| The Artist |
| MAX SHERTZ |
| Max Shertz, a creator in multiple mediums, a painter and sculptor, and writer and poet, a teacher and lecturer. Collected by museums, public and private institutions. Notable art collectors, including two foreign Presidents, a King and a Queen. This artist is one of the original Inner Artists and has been teaching a course entitled "Journey into the Inner Artist" for half a century. He has written "Frontiers of Ecstasy," with essays on Art of the Unconscious. His portraits appear on the Masterpiece Artists Series, and on a "Pinot Noir" from a winery in the central coast region: Shertz is one of the twelve artists on these wine labels that include Picasso, Braque, Marc, Masson, Hofman, Klee, Krasner, Pollock, Gorky, Kadinsky and Miro. |
| Quotes from Best Selling Authors about Max Shertz |
| "Max shows us the true nature of creativity. Reading Max's writing may be the best investment of time anyone would make." By Alan Lakein, author of "How to Get Control of Your Time and Life." "Max Shertz may be taking off where the great Picasso left us his writing and living is a contemporary combination of Hermes and Zeus." By Adrianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, author of "Beyond The Callas Legend, " and "Picasso." "The power of his prose and the place he is coming from when he writes prevents self-doubt...his writing diminishes one's fear...and uncovers one's inner power. This is a book that will read more than once and understood on different levels with each reading. It is a book that will not easily be forgotten." By Tim Gallwey, author of "The Inner Game." |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| "Frontiers of Ecstacy" by Max Shertz 2000 "American Artists of Renown"- Wilson Publishing Company-Author: Ann Avery 1981, 1982 "Artists/USA, Artists USA, Inc." Author: Herbert Leiberman 1974-75 "Who's Who In World Jewry"-year 1980 |
| RECENT MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTION ACQUISITIONS |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California State of Connecticut Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut Cultural Center, Manilla, Republic of the Philippines Jewish Museum, New York City, New York Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith, Los Angeles, California Jewish Federation, San Francisco, California Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California City Hall, Los Angeles, California President Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Republic of the Philippines, The Palace State of Israel, President's Residence, Jerusalem, Israel The Royal Family, Their Royal Highnesses King Baudoin and Queen Fabiola of the Belgiums, The Palace Grumbacher Collection, New York, NY |
| Max Shertz' "Art of the Unconscious" galleries. A fine art creator in multiple mediums: a painter, a writer, and an art instructor in Manhattan Beach, California. His paintings are in art collections in many museums, as well as sought out by private art collectors. |