Shamai Haber (born February 15, 1922,

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) was a sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France. He died in 1995 in Paris.

Biography

Haber was born in Łódź, Poland in 1922 but emigrated in 1935. He first went to

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and then to Israel. While in

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he attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He studied with Moshe Sternschuss. In 1949 he moved to Paris. He was a sculptor and from the 1960s he worked with massive stone and concrete blocks. His sculptures were often used in public parks and fountains. In 1965 he worked with

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to create a sculpture at entrance to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem which was the largest sculpture ever erected in Israel. In 1988 he created his best known work, the fountain 'Le Creuset du temps' in the Place de Catalogne in Paris near his studio. In 1959 he received the Prize for sculpture of Anton Bourdelle. Shamaï Haber died in Paris in 1995 and was buried at the

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(8e division, lignee 13 ouest, tombe 7 Sud)

Works

*''Composition sur un plateau'', 1956, stone sculpture, Sculpturepark,

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; *''Compositie voor een tuin'', 1959, stone sculpture, Siegerpark,

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, Netherlands ; *untitled bronze sculpture, 1960–1969, 18.3 × 0 in. / 46.5 x 0 cm. *untitled carrara marble sculpture, 1960–1969, 11.4 × 0 in. / 29 x 0 cm.; *sculpture of stone and steel, 1965, together with

, Sculpture Garden,

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

; *''Monument commémoratif de la prison du Cherche-Midi'', 1973, sculpture, next to the

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located 38, rue du Cherche-Midi / 54, boulevard Raspail, 6e arrondissement, Paris *''Cathédrale'', 1975, sculpture,

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(inv. AMS 529) *''Fontaine Littré'', fountain, 4 rue Littré, Paris, 1983 (disappeared) *Bureau, stainless steel and glass, 32.7 x 70.9 x 35.4 in. / 83 x 180 x 90 cm., 1983 *''Fontaine du Creuset-du-Temps'' (The Crucible of Time), 1988, Place Catalogne, Paris. (2022 dismantled.) File:KMM Haber.JPG, ''Composition sur un plateau'', 1956 File:Amsterdam Siegerpark Haber 01.JPG, ''Compositie voor een tuin'', 1959

References

External links

Images of Haber by Martine Franck for Magnum Photos

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* * 1995 deaths 1922 births Polish emigrants to France 20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors 20th-century male artists {{Poland-sculptor-stub