Shmuel Ackerman, Celestial Fields Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Israeli Art, Leviathan Group, 1976

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SGenre: Contemporary
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: France
Dimensions: 23 3/4" x 19 3/4" x 1/2"
Dimensions w/Frame: … Read more SGenre: Contemporary
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: France
Dimensions: 23 3/4" x 19 3/4" x 1/2"
Dimensions w/Frame: 24" x 20 1/2"

A bright and colorful abstract oil painting from Ackerman's Celestial Field series. While most pieces in this series are goauche, this electric blue painting is done in oil.

Shmuel Ackerman, (Shmuel Akkerman), Israeli, born 1951, Soviet Union, active in Israel and France.
Shmuel Ackerman was born in Ukraine to a religious family. In 1973, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. From his earliest work, he created abstract symbolist art influenced by folkloristic motifs and modern Western art.

In 1976, he founded the Leviathan group with Avraham Ofek and Mikhail Grobman, which sought to create a "national" style of art through the synthesis of symbolism, metaphysics and Judaism.

Ackerman was an active member of the group until 1981. In 1984, he moved to Paris, France.

Education
1965-1970 Institute for Monumental Art, Ukraine. See less