By Arie Azene
Located in Surfside, FL
Arie Azene, Israeli painter, born in Germany, 1934
Arie (Eisman) Azene was born in Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents soon after birth. In 1958, after studying art in Paris, he settled on Kibbutz Tzova in the Judean Hills, where he lived for 28 years. He spent 1968-1970 in France, England and Germany. In 1984, he moved to Jerusalem.
Stylistically, Azene was influenced by the New Horizons group to which he was exposed during his studies at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv. Other influences were Joseph Zaritsky, Avigdor Stematsky and Yehezkel Streichman.
Azene works in oil paint, pencil and aquarelle. His early work was abstract, but over the years, it has become more figurative and realistic. His colour palette is often based on two complementary hues, with a predominance of various combinations of gray.
Education
1948-51 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv
1951-52 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1957-58 Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France, Advanced Studies
Select Exhibitions
Autumn Exhibition Autumn Exhibition Yad Lebanim Museum, Petach Tikva 1974
Artists: Shimon Avni, Mordechai Avniel, Azene, Arie, Eli Ilan, Michael Argov, Naftali Bezem, Nachum Gutman, Shraga Weil, Boaz Vaadia, Shmuel Katz, Ruth Schloss.
Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv 1976
Artists: Yitzhak Danziger, Menashe Kadishman, Osvaldo Romberg, Michal Wolman, Raffi Lavie
The Kadishman Connection Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1979
Artists: Larry Abramson, Jacob El Hanani, Ovadia Alkara, Yosl Bergner, Marcel Janco, Lea Nikel, George Chemeche, Igael Tumarkin.
Israeli Prints...
Category
1990s Photorealist Cătălin Petrișor Paintings
