1957 – In the Courtyard of the Third Temple, Naftali Bezem
Naftali Bezem (1924-2018) won the Dizengoff Prize for this work, now housed at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He painted it in response to the murder of citizens living in Kfar Kassem in the…
1947 – Children of the Diaspora, Zeev Ben-Zvi
Israel’s first Holocaust memorial stands at Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek, associated with one of the youth movements that led the resistance in the Warsaw ghetto. The kibbutz members built the monument themselves under the guidance of…
1906-1914 — Triple Arch Bezalel Rug: Abraham’s Tamarisk, Mount Sinai and Herzl’s Cypress
One of the first departments Boris Schatz (1866-1932) created at Bezalel was rug weaving. This rug, part of the collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, typifies that production with its unique design and…
1896 — Mattiyahu, Boris Schatz
Boris Schatz (1866-1932) is the father of Israeli art. Lithuanian born, he studied in Paris and was influenced by the Russian Jewish sculptor Mark Antokolsky. The drama and strength with which Schatz depicts the father…
