Leo Roth

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Leo Roth, Flute Players, oil on canvas, 1967

Leo Roth (1914-2002) (variant name Lior Roth) was an Israeli painter, born in 1914 in Poland. In 1920, Roth moved to Germany and, in 1933, immigrated to Eretz Israel. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and completed frescoes in Italy and France in the 1950s. Roth first settled in Tel Aviv, then moved to Kibbutz Kinneret, then finally to Kibbutz Afikim where he remained until his death. He was the Director of the Art Academy of the Kibbutzim. In 1959, he was awarded the Jordan Valley Prize for Painting. Roth exhibited in the United States, Israel, Mexico, Spain, Holland, Sweden, and Denmark. He died in 2002.

Roth's work was influenced by Cubism and bears much in common with the work of compatriot painter Naftali Bezem. His colourful canvases are rife with biblical imagery and representations of early Israeli pioneer culture.

1 Selected exhibitions
2 Selected collections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Selected exhibitions

2000: Chaim Atar Art Museum, Ein Harod, Israel: The Works of Leo Roth: An Exhibition

[edit] Selected collections

Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Museum of Art Ein Harod, Israel

[edit] References

Bar-Or, Galia & Dvora Liss. Leo Roth: Shepherd of Longings [exhibition catalogue]. Kiriat Bialik: Ach, 2000.
Roth, Lior. Reproductions in Colour and Black & White (Reproduktsyot bi-tsevaim uve-shahor-lavan) [portfolio of plates]. [1973].