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1965 Canadian Israeli Art Brutalist Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture Eli Ilan

1965

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Eli Ilan (אלי אילן), 1928-1982 was an Israeli sculptor. Abstract organic pod shape. in either steel or iron mounted on a wooden plinth. Ilan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and emigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied prehistoric archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1956, he returned to Canada to study sculpture at the Ontario College of Art & Design. He lived in Kibbutz Sasa from 1959 to 1963. He died in 1982 in Caesarea, Israel. Education 1955 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology 1956 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada, sculpture under Thomas Bowie 1959 Training College, Ottawa, criminal identification techniques 1969 Art Festival, Painting & Sculpture in Israel. Ganei Hataarucha, Tel Aviv Artists: Chana Orloff, Eli Ilan, Zvi Aldouby, Jacob El Hanani, Ludwig Blum, Aharon Bezalel, Koki Doktori, Israel Hadany, Marcel Janco, Dov Feigin, Abel Pann, Esther Peretz Arad, Reuven Rubin, Ivan Schwebel, Jakob Steinhardt, Boris Schatz, Bezalel (Lilik) Schatz, Louise Schatz, Igael Tumarkin, Yohanan Simon, Yitzhak Danziger, Buky Schwartz. 1976 Chess in Art, Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Artists: Yaacov Agam, Moshe Castel, Mordecai Ardon, Dani Karavan, Jean David, Eli Ilan, Eli Ilan 1928-1982, Retrospective, Herzliya, Israel, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992. Kohansky, Mendel, Sculptures of Eli Ilan, London, Jacques O'Hana Gallery, 1974. Renee Darom Galerie D'art, Eli Ilan Sculpture, Tel Aviv, Renee Darom Galerie D'art, 1974
  • Attributed to:
    Eli Ilan (1928 - 1982, Canadian, Israeli)
  • Creation Year:
    1965
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38211774612

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