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1929 Bukovina, Romania - 2010 Paris, France. Known for: Portrait and landscape painting, sculpture, stained glass, teaching.
Avigdor Arikha is an Israeli who was born in Romania in 1929. He survived the Nazi labor camps in Central Europe and was repatriated as an orphan to an Israeli kibbutz in 1944. He studied art and... Read full biography
Avigdor Arikha is an Israeli who was born in Romania in 1929. He survived the Nazi labor camps in Central Europe and was repatriated as an orphan to an Israeli kibbutz in 1944. He studied art and philosophy in Paris, where he lived with his wife and two children. Of those who still paint from life,... Read full biography
Avigdor Arikha is an Israeli who was born in Romania in 1929. He survived the Nazi labor camps in Central Europe and was repatriated as an orphan to an Israeli kibbutz in 1944. He studied art and philosophy in Paris, where he lived with his wife and two children. Of those who still paint from life, Arikha is one of the few who, while not abandoning some older ways of painting, remains tellingly modern. At the same time, Arikha knows very well, and at first hand, the devouring doubt of this... Read full biography
Avigdor Arikha is an Israeli who was born in Romania in 1929. He survived the Nazi labor camps in Central Europe and was repatriated as an orphan to an Israeli kibbutz in 1944. He studied art and philosophy in Paris, where he lived with his wife and two children. Of those who still paint from life, Arikha is one of the few who, while not abandoning some older ways of painting, remains tellingly modern. At the same time, Arikha knows very well, and at first hand, the devouring doubt of this century. He is a close personal friend of Samuel Becket, whom he had portrayed many times; he knew Giacometti well and once also sketched him. In short, Arikha bears the curse of knowingness. He is an intellectual who has not developed the protective... Read full biography
Avigdor Arikha is an Israeli who was born in Romania in 1929. He survived the Nazi labor camps in Central Europe and was repatriated as an orphan to an Israeli kibbutz in 1944. He studied art and philosophy in Paris, where he lived with his wife and two children. Of those who still paint from life, Arikha is one of the few who, while not abandoning some older ways of painting, remains tellingly modern. At the same time, Arikha knows very well, and at first hand, the devouring doubt of this century. He is a close personal friend of Samuel Becket, whom he had portrayed many times; he knew Giacometti well and once also sketched him. In short, Arikha bears the curse of knowingness. He is an intellectual who has not developed the protective blindness that most artists use to shield their own art. How does such an artist find a space of his own?... Read full biography
