Naftali Bezem
From Holocaust to Rebirth, cast aluminum sculpture by Naftali Bezem, 1970, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel. From left to right the four parts art titled The Destruction, Resistance, Immigration to Israel and Rebirth.
Young Girl with a Flower, oil on canvas painting by Naftali Bezem, 1959, private collection
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.[1]
Biography
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who perished in Auschwitz concentration camp. Naftali emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1939, at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group.
From 1943 to 1946, he studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon. He then spent three years studying in Paris.
His most famous public works include a wall relief at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the ceiling mural in the main reception room at the President's Residence, Jerusalem.
Awards
- In 1957, Bezem was a co-recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.[2]
References
- ↑ Who's who in Israel. Israel: P. Mamut. 1961.
- ↑ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality.
Further reading
- Naftali Bezem, Jerusalem, Debel Gallery, Ein Kerem, 1980
- Gross, Ted W., Ben-Dov and I. Mintzer, The Passover Haggadah Illustrated by Naftali Bezem, Tel Aviv, 1982.
- Kohn, Matthias, Naftali Bezem, Bern, Benteli Verlag, 1998.
- Open Museum, Naftali Bezem - Rope Ladder 1996-1999, Open Museum, 2000.
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