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1922 Israel - 2003. Known for: Environmental sculpture, landscape drawings and paintings, teaching.
Yechiel Shemi (Hebrew: ????? ????) ?(1922-2003) was an Israeli sculptor. His environmental sculptures are displayed in open spaces around the country. In 1959-1961, Yechiel Shemi studied art in... Read full biography
Yechiel Shemi (Hebrew: ????? ????) ?(1922-2003) was an Israeli sculptor. His environmental sculptures are displayed in open spaces around the country. In 1959-1961, Yechiel Shemi studied art in Paris. In 1977-1979, he taught sculpting and lectured on environmental sculpture at Oranim Teachers... Read full biography
Yechiel Shemi (Hebrew: ????? ????) ?(1922-2003) was an Israeli sculptor. His environmental sculptures are displayed in open spaces around the country. In 1959-1961, Yechiel Shemi studied art in Paris. In 1977-1979, he taught sculpting and lectured on environmental sculpture at Oranim Teachers College. He also taught at the Technion in Haifa and the Ein Hod artist's colony. Shemi was a member of New Horizons group. After a show in the United States in the 1960s, the Museum of Modern Art acquired... Read full biography
Yechiel Shemi (Hebrew: ????? ????) ?(1922-2003) was an Israeli sculptor. His environmental sculptures are displayed in open spaces around the country. In 1959-1961, Yechiel Shemi studied art in Paris. In 1977-1979, he taught sculpting and lectured on environmental sculpture at Oranim Teachers College. He also taught at the Technion in Haifa and the Ein Hod artist's colony. Shemi was a member of New Horizons group. After a show in the United States in the 1960s, the Museum of Modern Art acquired his work. Shemi was the first Israeli artist to have his work purchased by the MoMa. Shemi won the Sandberg Prize in 1981 and the Israel Prize for sculpture in 1986. In 1966 and 1997, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art mounted exhibitions of his work.... Read full biography
Yechiel Shemi (Hebrew: ????? ????) ?(1922-2003) was an Israeli sculptor. His environmental sculptures are displayed in open spaces around the country. In 1959-1961, Yechiel Shemi studied art in Paris. In 1977-1979, he taught sculpting and lectured on environmental sculpture at Oranim Teachers College. He also taught at the Technion in Haifa and the Ein Hod artist's colony. Shemi was a member of New Horizons group. After a show in the United States in the 1960s, the Museum of Modern Art acquired his work. Shemi was the first Israeli artist to have his work purchased by the MoMa. Shemi won the Sandberg Prize in 1981 and the Israel Prize for sculpture in 1986. In 1966 and 1997, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art mounted exhibitions of his work. Yehiel Shemi, (born Yehiel Stizberg), was born in 1922, to parents Moshe and Esther Stizberg. When he was two months old Yehiel... Read full biography
Yehiel (Stizberg) Shemi - Artist Info
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Keywords (26)
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Environment
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art Teacher
- •Chaim Gross
- •Itzhak Danziger
Awards/Recognition
- •Dizengoff Prize, Tel-Aviv Municipality
Art Collection
- •Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
Added Description
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Jewish
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York