Ben Schonzeit’s hyper-realistic paintings
Born May 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, talented American artist hyperrealist Ben Schonzeit has been painting for 40 years. And now he lives and works in New York City. He has exhibited widely both in the USA and abroad since 1969. Schonzeit is a leading representative of Photo-Realists, who use photographs rather than reality as a basis for their paintings. Besides, Schonzeit has created works on paper from life and his imagination using a variety of mediums such as pen & ink, brush, and watercolor. Meanwhile, his paintings, drawings, and photographs decorate the collections of many important museums around the world