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{{Infobox artist
| name = Nachum Gutman
| Born =
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| caption = Photograph of Nachum Gutman
| birth_date = [[1898]]
| birth_place = [[Teleneşti]] , [[Bessarabia]]
| | nationality = [[Israeli]], [[Jewish]]
| field = [[Painting]]
| training = [[]]
| movement = [[Israeli art]]
| works =
| patrons =
| awards =
}}

'''Nachum Gutman''' is an [[Israeli]] [[artist]].



[[Image:Nachum Gutman in viena.jpg|thumb|200px|Nachum Gutman in [[Vienna]], 1920]]
[[Image:Nachum Gutman in viena.jpg|thumb|200px|Nachum Gutman in [[Vienna]], 1920]]
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Gutman was born in [[Teleneşti]] , [[Bessarabia]], then part of the [[Imperial Russia|Russian Empire]]. He was the fourth child of Alter and Rivka Gutman. His father was a Hebrew writer and educator who wrote under the pen name ''S. Ben Zion.'' In 1903, the family moved to [[Odessa]], and two years later, to [[Palestine#Ottoman rule (1841–1917)|Ottoman Palestine]].
Gutman was born in [[Teleneşti]] , [[Bessarabia]] in [[1898]] then part of the [[Imperial Russia|Russian Empire]]. He was the fourth child of Alter and Rivka Gutman. His father was a Hebrew writer and educator who wrote under the pen name ''S. Ben Zion.'' In 1903, the family moved to [[Odessa]], and two years later, to [[Palestine#Ottoman rule (1841–1917)|Ottoman Palestine]].


==Artistic career==
==Artistic career==
Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, moving away from the European influences of his teachers. He worked in many different media: [[Oil painting|oils]], [[Watercolor painting|watercolours]], [[gouache]] and [[pen and ink]]. His sculptures and brightly colored mosaics can be seen in public places around Tel Aviv. Indoor murals depicting the history of [[Tel Aviv]] can be seen in the western wing of the Shalom Tower and the Chief Rabbinate building. A mosaic fountain with scenes from Jewish history stands at the corner of [[Bialik]] Street, opposite the old Tel Aviv municipality building.<ref>[http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/israel-may-1995-tel-aviv-mosaic-mural Mosaic Mural - Mosaic Artist - Nachum Gutman - Shalom Tower - Tel Aviv, Israel « Mosaic Art Source<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, moving away from the European influences of his teachers. He worked in many different media: [[Oil painting|oils]], [[Watercolor painting|watercolours]], [[gouache]] and [[pen and ink]]. His sculptures and brightly colored mosaics can be seen in public places around Tel Aviv. Indoor murals depicting the history of [[Tel Aviv]] can be seen in the western wing of the Shalom Tower and the Chief Rabbinate building. A mosaic fountain with scenes from Jewish history stands at the corner of [[Bialik]] Street, opposite the old [[Tel Aviv]] municipality building.<ref>[http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/israel-may-1995-tel-aviv-mosaic-mural Mosaic Mural - Mosaic Artist - Nachum Gutman - Shalom Tower - Tel Aviv, Israel « Mosaic Art Source<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Returning to [[Israel]] in [[1927]], after a long sojourn in [[Europe]], Nachum Gutman undertook the illustration of C.N. Bialik's writings until the poet's death in 1937. His Illustrations of Bialik's "Legends" were the peak of this project, and his style- monumental, sculptural, primitive, influenced by Assyrian sculpture and Persian miniature- perfectly suited Bialik's biblical themes. Gutman was one of the major formulators of Eretz Israel art-starkly simple, earthy and powerful, aggressively asserting its sense of place. The booklet of protest illustrations by Gutman, published immediately after the 1929 riots, was the first manifestation of the dashing of the Eretz Israel myth of Arab-Jewish integration. Gutman, as one of the formulators of the idealization of the Arab in art, was the first to respond to the new identity crisis facing the Eretz Israel Jew. He was to return to the depiction of the East in his later work.


Gutman's artistic style was eclectic, ranging from figurative to abstract.
Gutman's artistic style was eclectic, ranging from figurative to abstract.
Gutman was also a well-known writer and illustrator of children's books.
Gutman was also a well-known writer and illustrator of children's books.


==Education ==
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==Awards and honours==
* 1908 Herzlia Gymnasium, [[Tel Aviv]]
* 1912 Art, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, [[Jerusalem]].
* 1920-26 Art, [[Vienna]], [[Berlin]] and [[Paris]]

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==Awards and honours==
Gutman received many art and literary prizes:<ref>[http://www.judaicawebstore.com/ynetnews/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=P-1102 A Street in Neve Zedek. Artist: Nachum Gutman. Hand Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Serigraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Gutman received many art and literary prizes:<ref>[http://www.judaicawebstore.com/ynetnews/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=P-1102 A Street in Neve Zedek. Artist: Nachum Gutman. Hand Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Serigraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* 1938: [[Dizengoff Prize]] for painting ''(also in 1956)''<ref name=Dizengoff>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf |title=List of Dizengoff Prize laureates|publisher=Tel Aviv Municipality |language=Hebrew}} </ref>
* 1938: [[Dizengoff Prize]] for painting ''(also in 1956)''<ref name=Dizengoff>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf |title=List of Dizengoff Prize laureates|publisher=Tel Aviv Municipality |language=Hebrew}} </ref>
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* 1969: Fichman Prize for Literature and Art
* 1969: Fichman Prize for Literature and Art
* 1974: Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from [[Tel Aviv University]]
* 1974: Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from [[Tel Aviv University]]
* 1976: Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv
* 1976: Honorary Citizen of [[Tel Aviv]]
* 1978: [[Israel Prize]], for [[children's literature]]<ref name=prize>{{Cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1978 (in Hebrew)| url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashlag/Tashmab_Tashlag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashlach}}</ref>
* 1978: [[Israel Prize]], for [[children's literature]]<ref name=prize>{{Cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1978 (in Hebrew)| url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashlag/Tashmab_Tashlag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashlach}}</ref>


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In 2005, he was voted the 110th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website ''[[Ynet]]'' to determine whom the general public considered the [[200 Greatest Israelis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |title=הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור |work=Ynet| author=גיא בניוביץ' |date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref>
In 2005, he was voted the 110th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website ''[[Ynet]]'' to determine whom the general public considered the [[200 Greatest Israelis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html |title=הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור |work=Ynet| author=גיא בניוביץ' |date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref>


== Outdoor and Public Art ==
* 1961 A mosaic wall in the house of the Chief Rabbinate, [[Tel Aviv]]
* 1966 A mosaic wall in "Migdal Shalom", [[Tel Aviv]]
* 1967 A mosaic wall for the "Herzliya" high school, [[Tel Aviv]]
* 1976 History of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, mosaic, Bialik Square, [[Tel Aviv]]



==Published works==
==Published works==
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* [http://www.israeliscent.com/html/magazine/exhibitions/nahum-gutman-israeli-artist-01.htm Nachum Gutman - Illustrates stories of the Bible Exhibition]
* [http://www.israeliscent.com/html/magazine/exhibitions/nahum-gutman-israeli-artist-01.htm Nachum Gutman - Illustrates stories of the Bible Exhibition]
* [http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/tag/mosaic/mosaic-masters/nahum-gutman/ The Mosaics of Nachum Gutman]
* [http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/tag/mosaic/mosaic-masters/nahum-gutman/ The Mosaics of Nachum Gutman]
* Nachum Gutman from the collections of the [[Israel Museum]] [http://www.imj.org.il/imagine/collections/results-free.asp?searchType=simple&words2=Nachum Gutman&Submit=Search]
* Nachum Gutman from the Israeli artist list of the [[Information Center for Israeli Art]] at the [[Israel Museum]] [http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=272359&list=A]
*Europeana - Search results [http://www.europeana.eu/portal/brief-doc.html?start=1&view=table&query=%22Nachum Gutman%22 Europeana -- Gutman, Nachum, Israeli, born Bessarabia, 1898–1980]



== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Biographical museums in Israel]]
[[Category:Biographical museums in Israel]]


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Revision as of 07:52, 11 August 2011

Nachum Gutman
Born1898
Teleneşti , Bessarabia
NationalityIsraeli, Jewish
Education[[]]
Known forPainting
MovementIsraeli art

Nachum Gutman is an Israeli artist.


File:Nachum Gutman in viena.jpg
Nachum Gutman in Vienna, 1920
Mosaic fountain by Nahum Gutman, Bialik Street, Tel Aviv
Gutman's studio, Nahum Gutman Museum of Art

Nachum Gutman (alternate romanization: Nahum Gutman; Hebrew: נחום גוטמן: born 5 October 1898, died 28 November 1980) was a Russian-born Israeli painter, sculptor and author.

Early life

Gutman was born in Teleneşti , Bessarabia in 1898 then part of the Russian Empire. He was the fourth child of Alter and Rivka Gutman. His father was a Hebrew writer and educator who wrote under the pen name S. Ben Zion. In 1903, the family moved to Odessa, and two years later, to Ottoman Palestine.

Artistic career

Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, moving away from the European influences of his teachers. He worked in many different media: oils, watercolours, gouache and pen and ink. His sculptures and brightly colored mosaics can be seen in public places around Tel Aviv. Indoor murals depicting the history of Tel Aviv can be seen in the western wing of the Shalom Tower and the Chief Rabbinate building. A mosaic fountain with scenes from Jewish history stands at the corner of Bialik Street, opposite the old Tel Aviv municipality building.[1] Returning to Israel in 1927, after a long sojourn in Europe, Nachum Gutman undertook the illustration of C.N. Bialik's writings until the poet's death in 1937. His Illustrations of Bialik's "Legends" were the peak of this project, and his style- monumental, sculptural, primitive, influenced by Assyrian sculpture and Persian miniature- perfectly suited Bialik's biblical themes. Gutman was one of the major formulators of Eretz Israel art-starkly simple, earthy and powerful, aggressively asserting its sense of place. The booklet of protest illustrations by Gutman, published immediately after the 1929 riots, was the first manifestation of the dashing of the Eretz Israel myth of Arab-Jewish integration. Gutman, as one of the formulators of the idealization of the Arab in art, was the first to respond to the new identity crisis facing the Eretz Israel Jew. He was to return to the depiction of the East in his later work.

Gutman's artistic style was eclectic, ranging from figurative to abstract. Gutman was also a well-known writer and illustrator of children's books.

Education

==Awards and honours==

Gutman received many art and literary prizes:[2]

  • 1938: Dizengoff Prize for painting (also in 1956)[3]
  • 1946: Lamdan Prize for children's literature
  • 1955: Sicily Award for watercolor painting at the São Paulo Biennale
  • 1956: Dizengoff Prize for painting (also in 1938)[3]
  • 1962: Hans Christian Andersen Literary Prize on behalf of Unesco for his book "Path of Orange Peels"
  • 1964: Yatziv Prize
  • 1969: Fichman Prize for Literature and Art
  • 1974: Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Tel Aviv University
  • 1976: Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv
  • 1978: Israel Prize, for children's literature[4]

The Nachum Gutman Museum, showcasing the artist's work, was established in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv.[5]

In 2005, he was voted the 110th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[6]


Outdoor and Public Art

  • 1961 A mosaic wall in the house of the Chief Rabbinate, Tel Aviv
  • 1966 A mosaic wall in "Migdal Shalom", Tel Aviv
  • 1967 A mosaic wall for the "Herzliya" high school, Tel Aviv
  • 1976 History of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, mosaic, Bialik Square, Tel Aviv


Published works

  • Path of the Orange Peels: Adventures in the Early Days of Tel Aviv (English translation: Nelly Segal) Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979

References

  1. ^ Mosaic Mural - Mosaic Artist - Nachum Gutman - Shalom Tower - Tel Aviv, Israel « Mosaic Art Source
  2. ^ A Street in Neve Zedek. Artist: Nachum Gutman. Hand Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Serigraph
  3. ^ a b "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality.
  4. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1978 (in Hebrew)".
  5. ^ Nachum Gutman Museum
  6. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved July 10, 2011.


See also

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