Ben Zion Shechter, the Snake, (Rearing Horse With Farmer)

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Genre: Israeli
Subject: People
Medium: Print
Surface: Paper
Country: Israel
Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 13"

Ben-Zion Shechter
artist, illustrator
Ben-Zion … Read more Genre: Israeli
Subject: People
Medium: Print
Surface: Paper
Country: Israel
Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 13"

Ben-Zion Shechter
artist, illustrator
Ben-Zion Shechter, artist, illustrator. City of Jerusalem scholar, 1963, 64; Israeli Ministry Education scholar, 1965, 66. Served with Israeli Air Force, 1958-1961.

Shechter, Ben-Zion was born on August 7, 1940 in Tel Aviv. Son of Isaac and Elka (Demb) Shechter.

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy Fine Art, Jerusalem, 1966.
Career
Airplane mechanic Israeli aviation industry (Lod), 1961-1962. Free-lance commercial artist New York City, since 1966. Artist, illustrator, since 1974.
Works
Illustrator: Common Ground, 1980. One-man shows Martin Sumers Graphic, New York City, 1983, Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, 1982, Cayuga Community College, Auburn, New York, 1982, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York, 1984, Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, 1989, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Gallery, New York City, 1993, Richmond Art Center, Windsor, Colorado, 1997. Exhibited in group shows University Iowa Museum, 1983, Brooklyn Museum, 1980, 84, Minnesota Museum Art, St Paul, 1980, Elvchjem Museum, University Wisconsin-Madison, 1983, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, 1986, 92, Hunt Institute (Carnegie Institution), Pittsburgh, 1988, Butlur Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, 1988, Kutztown (Pennsylvania) University, 1989, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York, 1994, Queensboro Community College, 1997, New York City Soho Gallery, 1998.

Represented in permanent collections, Bklyn Museum, University Iowa Museum, Boston Museum Fine Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. See less