The Information Center for Israeli Art is the largest collection of primary resources documenting the history of the Israeli art in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Over 12,000 artists files are housed in the Center in the

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As a research center within the Israel Museum, the Information Center for Israeli Art houses materials related to a broad variety of Israeli visual art and artists. All regions of the country and numerous eras and art movements are represented. In addition to the papers of artists, the Center collects documentary material from art galleries, art dealers, and art collectors. It also houses a collection of over 700 Israeli art-related videos and publishes a selection of over 5,800 Israeli artist biographies online. The Information Center reopened in June 2011, after extensive museum renovations. The Center offers its visitors a wealth of material collected since 1975, now easily accessible through the computerized information system. Center visitors from all around the world can enjoy services providing them with digital information by email. The Information Center for Israeli Art documents and catalogs information about Israeli artists and their work from the very beginning of Israeli art till today. The center encompasses over 12,800 artists – painters, sculptors, photographers, graphic designers, industrial designers, ceramicists, silversmiths and more. The material in the Center is collected into artist files, for prominent and well-known artists as well as those who have not been widely exhibited. The database and artist files include biographical information, newspaper clippings and articles regarding art shows in Israel and abroad, invitations to exhibitions, films, slides, catalogs and photographs or artwork. The Information Center for Israeli Art contains important and unique collections from many galleries and artists. One example of this is the

Debel Gallery History The Debel Gallery was opened in 1973 in Jerusalem, when the city was a pilgrimage center for curators, journalists and art enthusiasts. Etienne and Ruth Debel opened the Gallery in the basement of their home in Ein Kerem. It represented ...

Archives. The Debel Gallery was established in 1973 in Jerusalem. Since January 2007 the Debel Gallery Archive is housed within the Information Center for Israeli Art at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. It includes background material, exhibition histories, photos of invitations from 1973 to 1990, recordings of interviews with artists, correspondence with artists, and much more. An additional collection of rich visual material documenting Israeli art is the Israel Zafrir Photographer Archive, containing over 10,000 photographs of Israeli artwork and artists. The

Gabriel Talphir Gabriel (Joseph) Talphir (1901–1990) was an Israeli poet, art critic, publisher, editor and translator. Biography Gabriel Talphir was born as Joseph Wundermann in Stanislaw, Galicia, then ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When Wor ...

Archive consists of letters and photographs sent by artists to the well known art critic and author. The

Nahum Zolotov Nahum Zolotov ( he, נחום זולוטוב; November 17, 1926 - May 15, 2014) was an Israeli architect and a recipient of the Rokach Prize in 1961 and in 1973. He was a recipient of the Rechter Prize. Biography Zolotov was born in 1926 in th ...

Archive, also found in the Center, contains sketches and notations from the renowned Israeli architect. The Frank E. van Raalte Film Archive contains over 100 films interviewing Israeli artists. The Bat Sheva and

Yitzhak Katz Yitzhak Katz (19 May 1901 – 1991) was an Israeli civil servant and art critic active in all spheres of Israeli arts and culture. Biography Yitzhak Katz was born 19 May 1901 in Mykolaiv in the southwest Russia Empire (today Ukraine) to a religiou ...

Archive contains personal writings and letters of artists including

Sionah Tagger Siona Tagger (also spelled Sionah Tagger, he, ציונה תג'ר) (born August 17, 1900, died June 16, 1988) was an Israeli painter, known for her paintings of the life in early 20th century Land of Israel and the Yishuv. In 1925, she became th ...

, Israel Paldi and

Arieh Lubin Arieh Lubin ( he, אריה לובין, 1897–1980) was an Israeli artist. Biography Arieh (Leo) Lubin began to study art in Chicago in 1915, but left to join the Jewish Brigade in World War I. After the war, he studied in Europe and returned ...

. The Artifact GalleryThe Artifact Gallery was active in Tel Aviv in the 1980s. Aya Miron, Curator, Department of Israel Art at the Israel Museum, correspondence, 20.8.2013 Archive contains exhibitions and artists files including

Nahum Tevet Nahum Tevet ( he, נחום טבת) (Born 1946, Kibbutz Messilot, Israel) is one of the leading Israeli artists whose work was among the earliest to respond to the minimalist canon by introducing into his installations everyday domestic objects, ...

Philip Rantzer Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

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Diti Almog Diti Almog (born 1960, Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli artist. She currently lives and works in New York City, New York, United States of America. Almog's most notable work is her acrylic paintings on aircraft plywood which focus on themes of inter ...

. In addition, the

Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Max (Mordechai) Farbmann (1 April 1886 – 20 April 1950) was a Lithuanian Jewish sculptor who achieved prominence in Europe, particularly Vienna, Austria, during the early 20th century. He was responsible for designing the Lithuanian Independence ...

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Jakob Eisenscher Jakob Eisenscher (1896–1980) was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was an Israeli artist. Biography Jakob Eisenscher was born in Czernowitz, Bukovina in 1896 to Israel Eisenscher and Augustina (née Karber). As a young man, Eisensche ...

Archives include photographs, letters and newspaper articles about these Israeli artists. As of January 2010, new information received by the Information Center for Israeli Art is filed digitally. In 2011, the Center database had been enriched with over 25,000 newspaper articles, and the number of exhibitions documented in the Center surpassed 15,000. The Center website offers bilingual information on 5800 selected Israeli artists and includes a short biography, thousands of Israeli works of art from the Israel Museum collection and other art collections from around the world as well as a comprehensive list of exhibitions for each artist.

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