Zeev Ben-Zvi

Zeev Ben-Zvi (1904–1952) (זאב בן-צבי) was a Polish-Israeli sculptor born in Ryki, Poland, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors.^[1]

Zeev Ben-Zvi
זאב בן-צבי
Zeev Ben-Zvi (1938) Photo from the Information Center for Israeli Art archive, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Born	Beniamin Kujawski 1904 Ryki,  Poland
Died	1952
Nationality	Israel
Occupation	Sculptor
Awards	Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture (1953) Israel Prize (1953)

Portrait of Aharon Meskin

Biography

Born Beniamin Kujawski, Zeev Ben-Zvi studied at Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw. In 1923, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, where he studied at the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem from 1923 to 1924.

When the New Bezalel School opened, he taught sculpture there from 1926 to 1927. In 1937, he travelled to Paris and then to London from 1937 to 1938.^[2]

He specialized in portrait heads in beaten copper and mounded plaster, which he treated in a cubist manner. In 1947, he created the monument "In Memory of the Children of the Diaspora" in Mishmar Haemek.

Awards and recognition

• In 1953, Ben Zvi received the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture.^[3]
• Also in 1953, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for sculpture,^[4] being the inaugural year of the prize, and was accordingly the first artist to be awarded this honor.

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients
• List of Polish Jews
• Ben-Zvi

Further reading

• Newman, Elias, Art in Palestine, Siebel Company, publishers, New York 1939
• Gamzu, H., Ben-Zvi, Sculptures, 1955

References

1. Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971 Edition
2. "Zeev Ben-Zvi". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
3. "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality.
4. "Israel Prize recipients in 1953 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• "Zeev Ben-Zvi". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
• Zeev Ben-Zvi collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved February 2012.