Naftali Wahba Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; November 27, 1924 – October 2, 2018) was an Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor.[1][2]
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| Born | 27 November 1924  |
| Died | 2 October 2018 (aged 93) Tel Aviv |
| Occupation | Painter |
Biography
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Naftali 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 were later murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp. Naftali immigrated 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. Bezem's son Yitzhak was killed in the 1975 Zion Square refrigerator bombing in downtown Jerusalem.[3]
Art career
editIn addition to painting and sculpture, Bezem created murals, wall reliefs, tapestries, and stained glass windows.[4] 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 and recognition
edit- In 1957, Bezem was a co-recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Who's who in Israel. Israel: P. Mamut. 1961.
- ^ "Naftali Bezem (1924-2018)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Levine, Angela (2013-01-08). "Naftali Bezem – Art with an Agenda | MidnightEast". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ Abramson, Glenda (2004-03-01). Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-42864-9.
- ^ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-17.
Further reading
edit- Naftali Bezem, Jerusalem, Debel Gallery, Ein Kerem, 1980
- Ted W. Gross, Ben-Dov and I. Mintzer, The Passover Haggadah Illustrated by Naftali Bezem, Tel Aviv, 1982.
- Matthias Kohn, Naftali Bezem, Bern, Benteli Verlag, 1998 (Editions in German and in English).
- Open Museum, Naftali Bezem - Rope Ladder 1996-1999, Open Museum, 2000.
External links
edit- "Naftali Bezem". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- Naftali Bezem collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved February 2012.