Israel Hershberg
Israel Hershberg | |
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| Born | November 7,1948 |
| Nationality | Israeli, Jewish |
| Education | [[]] |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Israeli art |
Israel Hershberg (1948 - ) is a figurative painter who lives and works in Jerusalem, Israel.
Israel Hershberg was born on November 7, 1948 in a displaced persons camp in Linz, Austria. He immigrated with his family to Israel in 1949 and lived there until he was nine. In 1958, the family resettled in the United States. In 1966-1968, he attended the Brooklyn Museum School in Brooklyn New York. In 1972, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute, and in 1973, a Master of Fine Arts from the State Institute of New York at Albany. He studied under Francis Cunningham and the realist artist Lennart Anderson, and absorbed the teaching philosophies of Edwin Dickinson.
From 1973 to 1984, Hershberg was an instructor of painting and drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1984 he taught painting at the New York Academy of Art.
Hershberg moved back to Israel with his family in 1984. In 1998, he founded the Jerusalem Studio School, a private art school in Jerusalem's Talpiot neighborhood that offers intensive training in drawing and painting within the figurative art tradition. [1] It is considered to be the first school established in Israel to teach realist painting based on observation in the tradition of the Old Masters. [2] Hershberg heads the school's “master class” program and is the Artistic Director of the JSS.[3]
Hershberg believes that for a true painter, "reality is a continual feast, a never-ending delight to the eyes." He quotes Albert York, who said "I think we live in a Paradise. . . . This is a Garden of Eden."[3]
Hershberg was awarded the Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art in 1991 and the Tel Aviv Museum prize for Israeli Art in 1998. His work has been purchased by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum in New York City and the Imagawa Contemporary Art Collection in Osaka, Japan.
Education
- 1966-68 Brooklyn Museum School, U.S.A..
- 1969-72 Pratt Institute, New York.
- 1973 University of Albany, New York.
Awards and Prizes
- Ford Foundation Scholarship,1980.
- Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem,1991.
- Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum Prize for an Israeli Artist,1991.
References
- ^ Gershuni - The Second Generation
- ^ Karpel, Dalia. "True Colors," Ha'aretz, November 8, 2009
- ^ a b [1]"In the Garden of Eden," Aryeh Tepper, July 14, 2010, Jewish Ideas Daily.
External links
- Israel Hershberg from the collections of the Israel Museum Hershberg&Submit=Search
- Israel Hershberg from the Israeli artist list of the Information Center for Israeli Art at the Israel Museum [2]
- Europeana - Search results Hershberg%22 Europeana -- Hershberg, Israel, Israeli, born Austria 1948
Bibliography
- Schwarz, Arturo. Love at First Sight, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2001, pp. 75-76, 100.
- Goodman, Susan Tumarkin. After Rabin – New Art from Israel, catalog from the exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, 1998, pp. 69, 80.
- Green, David. “Master of the Class,” The Jerusalem Report, February 5, 1998, pp. 42-44.
- Kushner, Anita. “Confronting the Human Figure”, Ha’Aretz Magazine, March 12, 1999, p. 25.
- Sheffi, Smadar. “Return to Realism” (“Hazarah l’Rayalizm”, in Hebrew), Ha’Aretz, Galleries Section, August 3, 1999.
- Hausman, Tamar. “Getting It All Figured Out”, Ha’Aretz, March 16, 2001.
- Burstein, Dror. “Turning the Bowl on its Edge” (“Hofech et Ha’ Kearah Al Piha”, in Hebrew), Kol Ha’Ir, Dec. 5, 2003, p. 67.
- "From Afar" Exhibition at Marlborough Chelsea
- Director's Statement, Jerusalem Studio School
- Israel Hershberg website, including all of the works in his 2009 exhibition at Marlborough Chelsea
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