Ten Painters

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Ten Painters

Ten painters who gave the land its images, in the order of their place on the timelines. Some also made sculpture.

1 David Roberts 1796 TO 1864 The Scottish painter toured the land in 1839 and 1840. His lithographs made it familiar to readers in Europe.

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2 Nahum Gutmanנחום גוטמן1898 TO 1980 Painter, author and illustrator who grew up in Tel Aviv. His mosaics and murals decorate the city.

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3 Anna Tichoאנה טיכו1894 TO 1980 She drew the hills of Jerusalem for decades. Her house is now part of the Israel Museum.

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4 Abel Pannאבל פן1883 TO 1963 He drew Jewish suffering in the First World War and painted scenes from the Bible. He worked at the Bezalel school.

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5 Reuven Rubinראובן רובין1893 TO 1974 His bright landscapes helped create a local style of painting. He was Israel’s first envoy to Romania.

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6 Mordecai Ardonמרדכי ארדון1896 TO 1992 A former Bauhaus student who directed the Bezalel school from 1940 to 1952. He later made stained glass windows for the National Library.

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7 Marcel Jancoמרסל ינקו1895 TO 1984 A founder of Dada in Zurich. He came to the land in 1941 and helped start the artists’ village of Ein Hod.

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8 Marc Chagallמארק שאגאל1887 TO 1985 His stained glass windows for the Hadassah synagogue in Jerusalem were dedicated in 1962.

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9 Yaacov Agamיעקב אגםBORN 1928 A pioneer of kinetic art, born in Rishon LeZion. His Fire and Water Fountain stands in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.

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10 Menashe Kadishmanמנשה קדישמן1932 TO 2015

He painted sheep for decades and made Fallen Leaves, a floor of iron faces, for the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

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