Naftali Bezem
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Naftali Wahba Bezem (
Biography
Jerusalem, Israel
. From left to right the four parts art titled The Destruction, Resistance, Immigration to Israel and Rebirth.
Naftali Bezem was born in
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon. He then spent three years studying in Paris. Bezem's son Yitzhak was killed in the 1975 Zion Square refrigerator bombing in downtown Jerusalem.[3]
Art career
In addition to painting and sculpture, Bezem created murals, wall reliefs, tapestries, and stained glass windows.[4] His most famous public works include a wall relief at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the ceiling mural in the main reception room at the President's Residence, Jerusalem.
Awards and recognition
- In 1957, Bezem was a co-recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.[5]
See also
- Israeli art
References
- ^ Who's who in Israel. Israel: P. Mamut. 1961.
- ^ "Naftali Bezem (1924-2018)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Levine, Angela (2013-01-08). "Naftali Bezem – Art with an Agenda | MidnightEast". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ISBN 978-1-134-42864-9.
- ^ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-17.
Further reading
- Naftali Bezem, Jerusalem, Ein Kerem, 1980
- Ted W. Gross, Ben-Dov and I. Mintzer, The Passover Haggadah Illustrated by Naftali Bezem, Tel Aviv, 1982.
- Matthias Kohn, Naftali Bezem, Bern, Benteli Verlag, 1998 (Editions in German and in English).
- Open Museum, Naftali Bezem - Rope Ladder 1996-1999, Open Museum, 2000.
External links
- "Naftali Bezem". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- Naftali Bezem collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved February 2012.
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