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Leo Roth
Israeli Kibbutz Artist Judaica Shul Torah Ark Surrealist Gouache Painting

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Leo Roth (1914–2002), also known as Lior Roth, was an Israeli painter, born in 1914 in Austria-Hungary. (later Poland) In 1920, Roth moved to Germany and, in 1933, immigrated to Palestine. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and completed frescoes in Italy and France in the 1950s. Roth first settled in Tel Aviv, then moved to Kvutzat Kinneret, then finally to Kibbutz Afikim where he remained until his death. He served as Director of the Art Academy of the Kibbutzim. In 1959, he was awarded the Jordan Valley Prize for Painting. Roth exhibited in the United States, Israel, Mexico, Spain, Holland, Sweden, and Denmark. He died in 2002. Education: 1930 School of Art, Duisberg-Hamborn, Germany, under Josef Doppelfeld Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany 1951 Fresco and mural painting, Ecole nationale superiere des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France 1951 fresco in Italy Teaching: Director of Art Academy of the Kibbutzim Roth's work was influenced by Cubism and bears much in common with the work of compatriot painter Naftali Bezem. His colourful canvases contain biblical imagery and references to early Israeli pioneer culture. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Home, Montefiore Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2009 Kibbutz Machanayim Art Gallery 2000 Retrospective, Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod 1997 Oil paintings, Kibbutz Machanayim Art Gallery 1993 Solo Exhibition, Beit Yad Lebanim, Tiberias 1983 Oil paintings, ''Bet-Emanuel'', Ramat Gan 1980 Wilfrid Israel Museum, Oriental Art and Studies, Kibbutz Hazorea 1977 Tiroche Gallery, Old Jaffa 1976 Hatzrif Art Gallery, Be'er Sheva 1957 Oil paintings, Tel Aviv Art Museum 1950 Katz Gallery, Tel AvivSelected exhibitions 2000: Chaim Atar Art Museum, Ein Harod, Israel: The Works of Leo Roth: An Exhibition Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Revelations, Jerusalem Print Workshop 2013 Group Exhibition, Yair Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2008 The First Decade: Hegemony and Plurality, Ein Harod Art Museum 2000 Group Exhibition, Hamishkan Le'omanut, Beth Meirov, Holon 1998 Where Have We Come from and Where Do We Go? Yad Labanim Museum, Petach-Tikva 1997 Yitzhak Sadeh and the Palmach - Painting and Sculpture, Petach Tikvah Museum of Art 1993 The Seam, Gallery of Art, Haifa University 1951, 1960, 1962 General Exhibition, Art in Isarel, Tel Aviv Art Museum 1958 Ten Years of Israeli Painting, Tel Aviv Art Museum 1952 Painting and Sculpture in Israel, An Exhibition arranged to the Museum's 20th Anniversary, Tel Aviv Art Museum 1944 Collective Annual Exhibition by Palestinian Artists, Habima Theater Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Selected Museum collections Israel Museum, Jerusalem Museum of Art Ein Harod, Israel Rockfeller art center, New York S.U.N.Y. (State University of New York, Fredonia) Students Center, Brooklyn College, New York Greater VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada "Jesode Hatora - Beth Jacob", Anvers, Belgium Center Culturel d'Ekeren, Belgium Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia Israel Museum, Jerusalem Ein Harod Art Museum, Israel "Yad la'Banim", Petah Tikva, Israel Tel Aviv Art Museum, Israel Beit Uri-Rami, Ashdot Ya'akov, Israel 1944 Collective Annual Exhibition by Palestinian Artists Art Gallery of the ''Habima'' Building, Tel Aviv Artists: Hermann Struck, Aaron Priver, Itzhak Danziger, Zvi Aldouby, Menahem Shemi, Moshe Castel, Yohanan Simon, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Marcel Janco Nachum Gutman, Leo Roth.
  • Creator:
    Leo Roth (1914-2003, Israeli)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.75 in (52.71 cm)Width: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)
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  • Condition:
    frame has wear.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38213111092

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