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Shrage Weil
ืฉืจื’ื ื•ื•ื™ื™ืœ
Born
Frantiลกek Ferdinand Weil

(1918-09-24)September 24, 1918
Nyitra, Austria-Hungary
DiedFebruary 20, 2009(2009-02-20) (agedย 90)
Israel
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts in Prague, Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris
Knownย forPainting, Graphics, Printmaking
MovementModern
AwardsDizengoff Prize (1959)

Shraga Weil (Hebrew: ืฉืจื’ื ื•ื•ื™ื™ืœ; September 24, 1918 โ€“ February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter.[1]

Biography

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Weil was born as Frantiลกek Ferdinand Weil in Nyitra, Austria-Hungary (today Nitra, Slovakia) in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants.[1] His father was a building engineer. He was sent to study with a local sculptor, and then to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He produced his first graphic works during World War II, during which he spent as a prisoner. After the War, he sailed for Mandatory Palestine on an illegal immigrant ship. He arrived in Mandatory Palestine in 1947 and became a member of Kibbutz HaOgen, where he lived until his death.[1]

In 1954, he studied murals and graphic techniques at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He also studied mosaics in Ravenna with Professor Severini.

Weil died on February 20, 2009.

Work

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Weil's works have been exhibited in the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, France, Slovakia, the USSR, Switzerland, and in the International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, in Lugano.

His style was influence by socialist art, which according to the Israel Museum was more widely embraced by the Kibbutz movement.[1] His work includes the door of the Israeli president's residence as well as ceramic reliefs at Tel Aviv's Great Synagogue.[1]

Weil's artwork is in the permanent collections of Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Los Angeles County Museum, Jewish Museum, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA, as well as others.

Awards

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In 1959, Weil was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.[2]

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  • Ceramic Relief at the Tel-Aviv's Great Synagogue.
    Ceramic Relief at the Tel-Aviv's Great Synagogue.
  • Door at the Knesset
    Door at the Knesset

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Shraga Weil". museum.imj.org.il. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  2. ^ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2007.

Further reading

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Shraga

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Nitra

exhibition space for graphic works by the Nitra-born Israeli artist Shraga Weil. The most powerful medium wave transmitter of Slovakia, running on 1098ย kHz

Beit HaNassi

Bezem and a doorway crafted by Shraga Weil. Wall of Praise to Jerusalem, 1970. A Relief by Moshe Castel. Doorway by Shraga Weil Meeting room in 2008 U.S. President

Weil (surname)

and philanthropist Sage Weil (born 1978), American computer scientist Shraga Weil (1918โ€“2009), Czech-Israeli artist Sidney Weil (1891โ€“1966), American business

Mordechai Limon

harbor city close to Marseille, France; one reported crossing carried Shraga Weil and Eli Reismann, then members of Hashomer Hatzair. He also joined the

Mordecai Ardon

technique. Pupils such as Avigdor Arikha, Yehuda Bacon, Naftali Bezem, Shraga Weil, Shmuel Boneh, and Bernat Klein absorbed these influences and integrated

Dizengoff Prize

Ephraim Lifshits, Mina Zisslman Mordechai Pitkin 1959 Israel Paldi, Shraga Weil Zahara Schatz 1960 Jean David, Elchanan Halperen, Chaya Schwartz Aharon

HaOgen

National Fund provided 700 dunams of land for the kibbutz. Haya Kaspi Shraga Weil, painter Noam Yaacov (born 2004), Israeliโ€“Danish player in the Israeli