Aviva Uri

Aviva Uri (Hebrew: אביבה אורי; March 12, 1922 in Safed, Israel - September 1, 1989 in Tel Aviv) was an Israeli painter.^[1]

Biography

Aviva Uri's abstract drawings link her to the "New Horizons" group, but suggest an alternative to the abstract art being created in the country: instead of oils, she created drawings on paper; instead of the professional mixing of colors, she used no coloration; instead of Paris, she was influenced by Japan and China, or other individualists (Hans Hartung). Uri's free line influenced younger artists, such as Raffi Lavie.

She studied in Tel Aviv with David Hendler, whom she later married.^[1]

Awards and prizes

• The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv, 1953^[1]
• Dizengoff Prize, Tel Aviv Museum, 1956
• Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1976
• Prize of the Lea Porat Council of Culture and Art, 1985
• America-Israel Cultural Foundation, 1986
• Histadrut Prize, 1989
• Gutman Prize, 1989

References

External links

• "Aviva Uri". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=270438. Retrieved November 2011. 
• Aviva Uri collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved November 2011
• Art of Aviva Uri at Europeana. Retrieved November 2011
• Aviva Uri Chapters from the book about her life in Hebrew