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Zeev Ben-Zvi ( he, זאב בן-צבי) (1904–1952) was an Israeli sculptor born in
Zeev Ben-Zvi ( he, זאב בן-צבי) (1904–1952) was an Israeli sculptor born in Ryki
Ryki is a town in eastern Poland between Warsaw and Lublin. It has 9,767 inhabitants (as of 2007). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999). It is the capital of Ryki County. Ryki belongs to Lesser Poland, and historically is part of '' ...
, Poland
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, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors.
Biography
Zeev Ben-Zvi studied at Academy of Fine Art inWarsaw
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. In 1923, he immigrated
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to Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
, where he studied at the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
from 1923 to 1924.
When the New Bezalel School opened, he taught sculpture there from 1926 to 1927. In 1937, he travelled to Paris and then to London from 1937-1938.
He specialized in portrait heads in beaten copper and mounded plaster, which he treated in a cubist manner. In 1947, he created the monument ''"In Memory of the Children of the Diaspora"'' in Mishmar Haemek
Mishmar HaEmek ( he, מִשְׁמַר הָעֵמֶק, . "Guard of the Valley") is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Megiddo Regional Council. Mishmar HaEmek is one of ...
.
Awards and recognition
* In 1953, Ben Zvi received theDizengoff 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 Sculpture.
* Also in 1953, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for sculpture, being the inaugural year of the prize, and was accordingly the first artist to be awarded this honor.
See also
* List of Israel Prize recipients *List of Polish Jews
From the Middle Ages until the Holocaust, Polish Jews comprised an appreciable part of Poland's population. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, known for its religious toleranceHugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, ''From Counter-Reformation to Gloriou ...
* Ben-Zvi
Further reading
* Newman, Elias, Art in Palestine, Siebel Company, publishers, New York 1939 * Gamzu, H., Ben-Zvi, Sculptures, 1955References
External links
* * Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design alumni Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design faculty Israel Prize in sculpture recipients Israeli sculptors Modern sculptors Jewish sculptors Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine People from Ryki Jews in Mandatory Palestine Jewish Israeli artists 1904 births 1952 deaths Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni 20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors 20th-century Israeli male artists {{Asia-sculptor-stub