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1912 |
Born in Dlottowen, Germany (Eastern Prussia). His family was the only jewish family in the tiny provincial village near the Polish-Russian border. They owned an inn and a horse ranch. |
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1929 |
Graduates the high school in Berlin. Joins the Zionist youth movement HeHalutz. |
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1934 |
Immigrates to Israel with HeHalutz. Settles in Kibbutz Na'an. |
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1936-1939 |
Sent by the kibbutz to work on the docks in the Port of Tel Aviv .Many of his paintings are destroyed when a fire breaks out in the longshoremen's hut. Later heads the cultural committee of the kibbutz. |
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1940 |
Draws and paints in his free time. Teaches himself art, painting portraits of kibbutz members, landscapes of the kibbutz, etc. |
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1940's |
Joins the pre-State military organization HaHagana. Appointed district commander. Paints in different media in his spare time. |
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1947 |
Arrested in the wake of 'Black Saturday' and sent to Rafiah prison. Sketches the life of the prisoners. |
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1947-1948 |
Company commander in the Giv'ati Brigade during the War of Independence. |
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Late 1940's |
Designs the sets and costumes for "The Caucasian Chalk Circle ", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and other plays staged by the Na'an Studio under the direction of Gideon Ukko. |
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1950 |
Exhibition at the Katz Gallery, Tel Aviv. Exhibits figurative paintings produced over the previous two years. |
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1951 |
Spends five months in Paris. Works in the Grand Chaumiere academy and exhibits at La Galerie on Rue de Seine. |
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1953 |
Founded the painting seminar of the kibbutz movement and taught there with Josef Zaritsky and Avigdor Steimatzky. Participates in the New Horizons exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum, presenting two abstract still-life paintings. |
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1954-1959 |
Organizes the annual paintings courses of the kibbutz movement and conducts them himself. |
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1956 |
Exhibition at the Chemerinsky Gallery in Tel Aviv. Participates in the New Horizons exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. |
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1957 |
Participates in the New Horizons Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Haifa. |
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1959 |
Participates in the New Horizons exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. |
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1959-1963 |
Works in Paris. |
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1960 |
Participates in a group exhibition of Israeli artists in a gallery on Rue de l'Ancienne-Comedie in Paris. |
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1961 |
Exhibition at the Dorekens Gallery in Antwerp. Participates in group exhibitions at the Strasbourg Museum and the Senator Gallery in Stuttgart. |
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1962 |
Participates in a group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Brussels and at the Salon d'Art Moderne in Paris, where he is awarded with the first prize. |
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1963 |
Group exhibitions in the Jewish Museum in New York, the New Horizons exhibition in the Ein Harod Museum of Art, Wiedmann Gallery in Bremen Germany, Flinker Gallery in Paris, School of Paris exhibition in Charpentier Gallery in Paris, Horn Gallery in Luxembourg. |
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1964 |
Returns to Israel and settles in Bat Yam. Exhibition at the Bat Yam Municipal Museum. Participates in the Tazpit (Outlook) exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. Director of the Bat Yam Municipal Museum. |
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1964-1966 |
Teaches at the Avni Institut for Art in Tel Aviv. Participates in the New Horizons exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. |
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1966-1969 |
Returns to Paris. |
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1968 |
Participates in the exhibition at the Salon des Realites Nouvelles in Paris. |
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1969 |
Exhibition in 'Die Bruecke' Gallery in Duesseldorf. Participates in the exhibition at the International Festival of Painting in Cagnes-sur-mer in France (awarded with first prize). |
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1970 |
Exhibition at Haramati Gallery in Tel Aviv. Participates in the Autumn Exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. |
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1972 |
Exhibition at the Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv. |
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1974 |
Retrospective exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. |
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1975 |
Exhibition at the Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv. |
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1977 |
Exhibition at the Holon Art Museum and the Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv. |
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1978-1983 |
Senior lecturer of Art at the Bezal'el Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. |
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1978 |
Exhibition in the Artists' House in Tel Aviv. |
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1979 |
Exhibition at the Lioz Gallery in Tel Aviv. |
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1981 |
Exhibition in the Delson-Richter Gallery in Jaffa. |
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1982 |
Exhibition in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. |
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1982-1983 |
Member of the Radius Gallery artists' cooperative in Tel Aviv. Participates in group exhibitions at the gallery. |
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1983 |
Exhibition at the Radius Gallery in Tel Aviv. |
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May, 12th 1983 |
Dies in Bat Yam. |