Paul Rotterdam was born in Vienna and emigrated to the U.S in the 1960s. Thematically as well as technically, Rotterdam can be called an abstract expressionist. But looking beyond the delicate steeliness of his canvasses, which are reminiscent of Rothko, Kandinsky, and Mondrian, the influence of nature and landscape is readily apparent.
A member of the "New York School," his paintings are part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others. This monograph displays Rotterdam's creative journey, in which he has found the fragile balance between emotion and reason, imagination and form.