Israel Paldi (Feldman) (1892–1979) was an Israeli artist.
Biography
Israel Feldman (later Paldi) was born in 1892 in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. In 1909 he
immigrated
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to Palestine and began to study art at the
Bezalel School
The Bezalel school was an art movement in Palestine in the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods. Named for the Bezalel Art School, predecessor of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, it has been described as "a fusion of oriental art and ...
in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. He returned to Europe to study at Munich Academy from 1911 – 1914.
After winning a prize in Paris in 1926 for his work on a stage set for "The Fisherman's Tent," he went on to win the
Dizengoff Prize
The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture is awarded annually by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality since 1937.
Recipients
The following is a table of Dizengoff Prize laureates in their respective art form:
References
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for Painting and Sculpture in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
three times: 1943, 1953 and 1959.
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1892 births
1979 deaths
20th-century Israeli painters
Burials at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery
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