Shimon Avny (b.1932) - Oil on Canvas.

Signed.

70x100cm.

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Shimon Avny (b.1932) - Oil on Canvas.

Signed.

70x100cm.

Shimon Avny, painter, born 1932, Paris

Shimon Avny (Stein) was born in Paris, France. He grew up in the Belville neighborhood. In 1942, when the Nazis occupied France, he was separated from his family. His mother and brothers were killed in the Holocaust. After the war, he was transferred from his hiding place to the town of Andlis. He immigrated to Israel with Youth Aliyah in 1948. In 1956, he joined Kibbutz Ra'im. In 1957, he studied painting with Joseph Zaritsky, Avigdor Stematzky and Haim Kiewe. He also studied with Yehezekel Streichman at the Avni Institute. At the end of the 1950s, he went to Paris to continue his studies. In the 1980s, he joined the Radius artists cooperative.

Avny's early work was influenced by the abstractionism of the New Horizons group. In 1963, he took part in the group's exhibition at Ein Harod. His work is characterized by bold colors, expressive brushstrokes and flat planes. He is a figurative painter, but some of his work incorporates symbolic imagery.

Education

1957 Painting with Joseph Zaritsky, Avigdor Stematsky and Haim Kiewe

Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, with Yehezkel Streichman

Grande Chaumiere Academy, Paris, 1958

Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1961

Fine Arts Academy, Rome

Photography and television, Paris, 1965-67

Teaching

Lectured abroad for the Ministry of Education and Culture, 1969-71

Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, painting, 1974-78

College of Visual Arts, Beersheba, 1975-81

Headmaster of the Art Institute, Rehovot, 1975-85

1981-85 and 1988-92 Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon

Since1992 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, Teacher and coordinator of the Arts Department

Awards And Prizes

1975 The America-Israel Cultural Fund Scholarship

1985 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1993 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Scholarship for a Young Artist