Judith Yellin Ginat, Israeli Abstract Figure, Hookah Pipe Smoker, Torn Paper Collage Painting Bezalel, 1969

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Judith Yellin Ginat is one of the most prominent artists working in Israel today. She was born in Jerusalem and … Read more Judith Yellin Ginat is one of the most prominent artists working in Israel today. She was born in Jerusalem and is a fifth generation Israeli. Her work has a naive, folk art quality to it. 1941-43 Graduate of Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem Studied under Mordecai Ardon and Isidor Aschheim 1946-49 Graduate of the Central School of Arts & Crafts, London. Studied under R.R. Tomlinson, W. Johnstone, J. Minton. 1966 Member of the Israel Painters & Sculptors Association. 1971 Studied etching under Stanley William Hayter, Atelier 17, Paris. 1965-75 Collages chosen for UNICEF greeting cards. 1944-70 Illustrated a few children’s books. 1967-85 “Kishut” (Decoration), “Ani Mekashet” (I Decorate), “Ma’aseh Yadai” (The Work of My Hands) – text books on teaching arts and crafts, written and illustrated. Ministry of Education recommendation. 1970-01 Series of art posters, lithographs and serigraphs, reproduced in Israel from collages, world-wide distribution.Teacher of arts and crafts in teachers’ colleges. School of Occupational Therapy, Senior lecturer at the David Yellin Teachers’ College, Jerusalem. Prizes 1946 Collages of “Types of Israel,” exhibition of Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1949 Winner of “Queen’s Scholarship.” Central School of Arts & Crafts, London. 1968 Design award for the book “Kishut.” She was included in the important exhibition New Bezalel Artists' House, Jerusalem Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv Artists: Ludwig Wolpert, Yossi Stern, Josef Budko, Avigdor Arikha, Yellin Ginat, Judith Maryan Moshe Tamir, David Gumbel, Jacob Steinhardt,Ruth Schloss, Naftali Bezem and Zeev Ben Zvi. Among those who have collected Judith Yellin's works are Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Isaac Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Goldberg, and Madame Alix de Rothschild of Paris. She has exhibited at: Ben-Uri Gallery, London Nora Gallery, Jerusalem Atelier 97, Tel-Aviv The Artists House, Jerusalem Katz Gallery, Tel-Aviv Ezry Gallery, Jerusalem Stern Gallery, Paris Old Jaffa Gallery, Jaffa Moller's Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Antipodes Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand Miriam Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Ha'aretz Museum, Tel-Aviv Jewish Cultural Centre, Amsterdam Nakamura" Gallery, Osaka, Japan Jewish Cultural Centre, Tokyo, Japan Art - Expo N.Y. The Jerusalem House of Quality The Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts Tel - Aviv Performing Arts Center Bet Gabriel, Jordan Valley The National Jewish Museum, Washington DC See less