Shraga Weil ( he, שרגא ווייל; September 24, 1918 – February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter.

Biography

Weil was born in

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in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants. His father was a building engineer. He was sent to study with a local sculptor, and then to the Academy of Art in

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. He produced his first graphic works during World War II, during which he spent as a prisoner. After the War, he sailed for

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 ...

on an illegal immigrant ship. He arrived in Israel in 1947 and became a member of Kibbutz HaOgen, where he lived until his death. In 1954, he studied murals and graphic techniques at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts,

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. He also studied mosaics in

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with Professor Severini. Weil died on February 20, 2009.

Work

Weil's works have been exhibited in the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, France, Slovakia, the USSR, Switzerland, and in the International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, in

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. Weil's artwork is in the permanent collections of

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, Waltham, Massachusetts, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Los Angeles County Museum, Jewish Museum, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA, as well as others.

Awards

In 1959, Weil was awarded the

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for Painting.

Gallery

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