Zeev Ben-Zvi

Zeev Ben-Zvi (1904–1952) (זאב בן-צבי2) was a Polish-Israeli sculptor born in Ryki, Poland, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors.^[1]

Biography

Born Beniamin Kujawski, Zeev Ben-Zvi studied at

Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem

from 1923 to 1924.

When the

New Bezalel School opened, he taught sculpture there from 1926 to 1927. In 1937, he travelled to Paris and then to London from 1937 to 1938.^[2]

He specialized in portrait heads in beaten copper and mounded plaster, which he treated in a cubist manner. In 1947, he created the monument "In Memory of the Children of the Diaspora" in

Mishmar Haemek

.

Awards and recognition

In 1953, Ben Zvi received the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture.^[3]
Also in 1953, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for sculpture,^[4] being the inaugural year of the prize, and was accordingly the first artist to be awarded this honor.

References

^ Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971 Edition
^ "Zeev Ben-Zvi". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality.
^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1953 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

"Zeev Ben-Zvi". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
Zeev Ben-Zvi collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved February 2012.