Eddy Novarro

Important painters and sculptors such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Hans Arp, Joseph Beuys and Robert Rauschenberg were among Novarro's friends.

Novarro was of Romanian descent and was born in Bucharest 1926 , Mother an artist, living in Aschkelon or Ashqelon, arabic عسقلان, Israel.

In 1958, Novarro accepted an invitation from the architect Sergio Wladimir Bernardes to travel to the EXPO in Brussels and document the Brazilian pavilion in a photo series.

On a visit to New York City in February 1978, Novarro met gallery owner Leo Castelli, who familiarized him with the Pop art scene.

In the course of several decades he made portraits of Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, King Hussein of Jordan, Evita Peron and the Dalai Lama.