Shraga Weil
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| Shrage Weil | |
| Birth name | Shraga Weil |
| Born | October 25, 1918 Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Field | Painting, Graphics, Printmaking |
| Training | Prague School of Art, Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris |
| Movement | Modern |
| Awards | Dizengoff Art Prize, 1959 |
Shraga Weil (Born:October 25, 1918) is an Israeli painter.
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[edit] Biography
Shraga Weil was born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia 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 Prague. He produced his first graphic works during World War II, during which he spent as a prisoner.
After the War, he sailed for Israel on an illegal immigrant ship. He arrived in Israel in 1947 and became a member of Kibbutz Ha'ogen, where he lived ever since.
In 1954, he studied murals and graphic techniques at the Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris. He also studied mosaics in Ravenna with Prof. Severin.
[edit] Work
Shraga Weil's works have been exhibited in the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, France, the USSR, Switzerland, and in the International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, in Lugano.
Shraga Weil's artwork is in the permanent collections of Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Los Angeles County Museum, Jewish Museum, New York, Philadephia Museum of Art, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA, as well as others.
[edit] Awards
In 1959, Shraga Weil was awarded Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Art Prize.
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[edit] Sources
- "Twelve Israeli Painters, Published by Lion the Printer, Tel Aviv, 1965
- "Shraga Weil - 60 years of Printmaking", Written by Gideon Ofrat, Published by Safrai Fine Art Gallery Jerusalem, 2000, 148 pages
