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Avi Barzel . Avi Barzel
Avi Barzel is a Toronto illustrator and portrait artist who grew up in Eastern and Central Europe, where he
studied art from an early age. In Prague, he was schooled in Social Realism, the propaganda art styles
glorifying communism, industry and the working class, but in Vienna he discovered and fell in love with the
modernist movements, especially the surrealist Wiener Schule/Vienna School movement, to the
disappointment of some of his more traditionalist art instructors.

UK Bound - by Avi Barzel

Canadair CL-13 Sabres of 434 Squadron on their way
to the UK for disposal.
After a Department of National Defense photo, via
James Craik and silverhawkauthor.com.
Acrylic on glass and digital media, 2020

The Mighty One - by Avi Barzel

Lockheed-Martin's F-35 getting a
charge. Happy Israeli pilots, who
were the first to use it in combat,
have dubbed this incredible beast
the Adir, the Mighty One. After a
photo by Lockheed-Martin.
Mixed media: Watercolour, pencil
and digital media, 2020