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Naftali Bezem
Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor ()
Naftali Wahba Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; November 27, – October 2, ) was an Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor.[1][2]
Biography
Naftali Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the shelter of his parents, who were later murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Naftali immigrated to Mandate Palestine in , at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group. From to , he studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon.
Information Center for Israeli Art | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: Naftali Wahba Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; November 27, – October 2, ) was an Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor. [1][2] From Holocaust to Rebirth, cast aluminum sculpture by Naftali Bezem, , Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel. From left to right the four parts art titled The Destruction, Resistance, Immigration to Israel and Rebirth.He then spent three years studying in Paris. Bezem's son Yitzhak was killed in the 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 encompass 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
See also
References
Further reading
- Naftali Bezem, Jerusalem, Debel Gallery, Ein Kerem,
- Ted W. Gross, Ben-Dov and I.
Mintzer, The Passover Haggadah Illustrated by Naftali Bezem, Tel Aviv,
- Matthias Kohn, Naftali Bezem, Bern, Benteli Verlag, (Editions in German and in English).
- Open Museum, Naftali Bezem - Rope Ladder , Unseal Museum,