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Zvi Milshtein
Chess Game Set French Israeli Surrealist Watercolor Gouache Painting

c.1960s

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This is a large hand signed mixed media paiting on Arches French paper. A chess game encounter. Figurative Abstract Expressionist painting. Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev (Bessarabia) Russian, Romanian border region. He fled the Nazi Holocaust and in 1948 Arrived in Israel via Cyprus, where he studied with Rafael Ben­ Zvi. Studies in Tel­ Aviv with Mordecai Ardon, Aharon Avni, Moshe Mokadi and Marcel Janco founder of the Dada art movement. Studies at The Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem. 1956 Awarded a scholarship by the Israel​ American Fund. In 1991, Roland Topor invited him to participate in the last exhibitions of the Panique group and collaborated in the review Le Fou Parle. Select Group Exhibitions 1950­ 55 Israeli Artists​ Exhibition, Tel­ Aviv Museum 1956 Cimaise de Paris, 1958 "School of Paris", Charpentier Gallery, 1959 Les Grands et les Jeunes Aujourd ​hui Salon National 1960 Les Grands et les Jeunes d ​ Aujourd ​hui Contemporary Israeli Art, Museum of Modern Art, Paris 1961 Russian Artists of the Paris School , Ecole du Paris ​1961​ Salon de la Jeune Peinture, 1964 Salon des Indépendants, Grand​ Palais, Paris 1965 Salon d'Automne, Grand​ Palais, Paris 1966 Lauréat for the Gravure du Prix de la Critique 1967 Biennale, Paris 1970 stay with Theodor Ahrenberg, the eminent Swedish art collector. MILSHTEIN has an exhibition at ARC, in the museum of modern art in Paris. Drawings suspended in a liquid contained in a bottle thus creating a three dimensional effect. 1978 An retrospective exhibition of his etchings engravings is held at the Bibliotheque Nationale; the publication of a book illustrated with 33 drawings : Le rite du chat, on exhibit at Artcurial in Paris. Milshtein has also written several plays and has worked in etching intaglio carborundum, lithograph techniques. listed in adec artprice. He has exhibited at galleries in Germany, France and Switzerland with Theodore Theo Tobiasse, Mane Katz, Raya Sorkine, Avigdor Arikha and Abram Krol. A fine Judaica artist. Since 2007 Milshtein has had his workshop in the Rhône in Gleizé where he also lives. Personal exhibitions 1952: Tel Aviv (Israel), Studio Avni 1955: Tel Aviv (Israel), Museum 1957: Paris, Galerie Saint Placide 1958: Paris, La Cave de la Galerie Saint-Placide - Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff 1959: Tel Aviv (Israel), Museum Dizengoff House 1960: Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff 1962: Tel Aviv (Israel), Chemerinsky Art Gallery - Jerusalem (Israel), Musée National Bezalel —New York (United States), Bodley Gallery - Bat Yam (Israel), Bat Yam Museum 1963: Geneva (Switzerland), Museum of Art and History, Cabinet des Estampes 1964: Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff 1965: Paris, Librairie-Galerie Alexandre Loewy 1966: Paris, Galerie Saint-Placide - Brussels (Belgium), Galerie Le Creuset 1966: Washington (United States) Brentano's Museum Shop - New York (United States), The New Masters Gallery 1967: Paris, Galerie Kieffer 1968: Tel-Aviv (Israel), The Tel-Aviv Museum - Dizengoff House - London (Great Britain), London Graphic Arts Gallery 1970: Paris, ARC, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris 1971: Brussels (Belgium), Galerie L'Angle Aigu 1973: Rome (Italy) Galleria San Sebastianello - Lausanne (Switzerland), White Galerie 1974: Paris, Galerie Georges Visat 1975: Tel Aviv (Israel), Museum —Paris, Entente Bookstore —Lausanne (Switzerland), Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts —Odense (Denmark), Fyns Stifts Kunstmuseum 1976: Tel Aviv (Israel), Darom Gallery - Odense (Denmark), Maison des Artistes 1977: Paris, Scriptorium Gallery - Odense (Denmark), Schiang Gallery 1978: Paris, National Library - Paris, Artcurial 1979: Troyes, Thibaud de Champagne Cultural Center - Paris, Galerie Negru 1980: Tel Aviv (Israel), Rosenfeld Gallery 1982: Tel Aviv (Israel), Rosenfeld Gallery - Paris, Galerie Peinture Fraîche 1983: Créteil, Maison des Arts 1984: Issy-les-Moulineaux, Galerie Alain Gutharc & Muriel Schnebert —Rouen, Librairie Galerie Ponctuation —Paris, TWA - Paris, Galerie Caroline Corre —New Haven (United States), Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven - Paris, Academy from Sèvres 1985: Enghien, Galerie Alain Gutharc & Gigi Lacorre —Saint-Brieuc, Center for Cultural Action —Nîmes, Chapelle de la Salamandre —Orléans, Gallery La Chèvre qui danse —Paris, Galerie Pierre Lescot —Mâcon, Maison de la Culture —Stockholm (Sweden), Arte Atrium Gallery 1986: Grenoble, Galerie Jean-Marie Cupillard —Odense (Denmark), Brandts Kleiderfabrik - New York (United States), Gallery 44 —Göteborg (Sweden), Galleri Mustad - Genève (Switzerland), Galerie Kara 1987: Malmö (Sweden), Institut Français —Annecy, Center for Cultural Action —Zürich (Switzerland), Galerie Klopfer —Stockholm (Sweden), Institut Français —Basel (Switzerland), Art 18'87, Galerie Goldman - Haifa —Basel (Switzerland), Art 18'87, Galerie Kara-Genève, —Stockholm (Sweden), Art Fair, Galerie Mustad - Göteborg, Stockholm (Sweden), Galerie Gummesons —Bocholt (Germany), Galerie am Finkenbusch / Siedlaczek 1988: Tel Aviv (Israel), Gallery Rosenfeld - Sundsvall (Sweden), Sundsvalls Museum - Montbéliard, Center for Contemporary Art —Montbéliard, Château Museum —Hérouville, Theater —Genève (Switzerland), Galerie Kara —Valencia (Spain) , Interarte —Madrid (Spain), Arco 1989: Paris, SAGA, Galerie Jacqueline Felman - Paris, Horgen (Switzerland), Galerie Murbach - Montbéliard, Galerie Le Present - Toulouse, Artothèque 1990: Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff —Paris, Galerie Expression —Evry, Aire Libre Contemporary Art —Nice, Galerie Chifflet 1991: Paris, Galerie Jean Briance —Montbrison, Musée d'Allard —Besançon, Galerie Médicis —Le Havre, Galerie Slotine-Perkowsky —Lyon, Galerie Hermès 1992: Nice, Galerie Chifflet - Bätterkinden (Switzerland), Galerie Zur Krone - Paris, CIES 1993: Saint-Quentin, Espace Saint-Jacques —Paris, Area —Paris, Renaud Richebourg Gallery —Moscow (Russia), Maison de la Presse 1995: Troyes, Museum of Modern Art - Paris, Area - Fécamp, Palais Bénédictine 1996: Warsaw, Krolokania Museum - Bourges, House of Culture 1997: Paris, Les Filles du Calvaire Gallery —Corbeil-Essonnes, Commanderie Saint-Jean —Paris, Area —Paris, Espace Rachi 1998: Frankfurt, Goethe Institute 1999: London, Bourlet Gallery 2000: Paris, Area —Kiev (Ukraine) Museum of Russian Art —Cluj (Romania), French Institute —Cergy Pontoise, Hôtel d'Agglomération —Kichinev (Moldova), Museum —Luzern (Switzerland), Diebold-Schilling Gallery 2001: Sopot (Poland), Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki - Vienna (Austria), Galerie Hofstätter - 2002: Olsztyn (Poland), Galerie Sztuki Dwa - Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg 2003: Metz, Metz Culture House - Denmark, Galleri M - Mougins, Galerie Dans le Ciel - Warsaw (Poland), theatrical performance "The Song of the Dog" in Polish Warsaw 2004: Geneva (Switzerland), Galerie ligne thirteen - Caen, 2009 - Gleizé, Theatrical performance Le chant du chien troupe Amavada - Colombes, Théâtre de l'Avant-Scène - Paris, Dorothy's gallery Art Stories fantasmes revealed - Saulxures lès Bulgnéville, Château de Saulxures lès Bulgnéville - Ville sur Jarnioux, Galerie Cybulski - Lyon , Museum of Castings 2010: Reims, “Vents d'Est, Vents d'Ouest”: large retrospective - Vichy, 8th world triennial of printmaking and original engraving - Reims, Canard Duchène thematic exhibition - Saint Étienne, Serres des Beaux Arts– Gleizé , Heritage Day at the workshop (old tractors) - Caen, exhibition with Amavada 2011: Paris, Area - Fermeture eclair - Paris Cabaret Milshtein Vodka, Russian paintings and puppets 2012: Sens, “Get your papers!”, Exhibition at the Sens museum - Décines, le Toboggan - Lyon, Galerie Pallade - Fareins, Collection de la Praye - Trouville, “the bedroom of wonders” - Paris, Mairie du 10th - 2013: Ville sur Jarnioux, Galerie Chybulski and Edition of the book “les grenouilles d'Aristophane” - Paris, CHIFRA exhibition 2014: Paris, Galerie des Patriarches - Lyon, Stage curtain Théâtres des Celestins - Saint Briac, Galerie la boucherie - Caen, exhibition and play (anniversary) with Amavada - Montreuil, Les hivernales 2015: Paris, Galerie Corcia - Seyne sur mer, Villa Tamaris - Villeurbanne, Liberal Synagogue Keren Or - Vogüé, Château 2016: Metz, European Days of Jewish Culture-Lorraine Metz - Cybulski Gallery (Hinter dem Rathaus Wismar Germany Gallery and Utopia in Rome) 2017: Paris, Corcia Gallery Select Public collections in France and abroad Brookings (United States) Brussels (Belgium) Royal Library Champagne-Ardenne Regional Fund for Contemporary Art Dusseldorf (Germany) Kunstverein Eilat (Israel) Museum of Modern Art Geneva (Switzerland) Museum of Art and History Gothenburg (Sweden) Museum Jaffa (Israel) Museum Jerusalem (Israel) Bezalel Museum Lausanne (Switzerland) Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts New-York (United States) Moma, the Museum of Modern Art Odense (Denmark) Museum Paris National Library of France Paris National Center for the Plastic Arts Paris Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris Paris Center Pompidou, Kandinsky Library Tel Aviv (Israel) Museum Troyes Museum of Modern Art Toulon Museum - Donation Alin Avila (1993) Villeurbanne - Synagogue Libérale Keren Or
  • Creator:
    Zvi Milshtein (1934, French, Russian)
  • Creation Year:
    c.1960s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor wear, one small repaired tear in margin easily matted out. minor remnants of previous matting verso.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38214705872

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