Batia Grossbard | |
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Born | April 14, 1910 Ostrow, Poland |
Died | August 11, 1995 (85) |
Alma mater | Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts |
Occupation | Artist |
Style | Abstract Expressionism |
Spouse | Yehoshua Grossbard (Vielke Broda) |
Children | Mira Baron |
Parent(s) | Eliyahu Gershon Freidkes Simchoni and Golda Rajza Freidkes |
Awards | Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality (1971); Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality (1997) |
Batia Friedkes Grossbard (April 14, 1910 – August 11, 1995) was a Polish-born Israeli painter influenced by American abstract expressionism. [1]
Grossbard attended and graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Poland. She worked with watercolor and oil paints, as well as producing lithographs. [2]
In 1938, she immigrated to Palestine. After resettling there, she served with the British Army and later settled in Haifa and married the painter Yehoshua Grossbard. [3]
In 1954, she studied at the atelier of André Lhote in Paris. She was a member of the Ein Hod artists' colony in Haifa and of the Artists and Sculptors Association in Israel. [2]
In 1966, "Lines and Trees," a collection of her work, was published. [2] Her work includes mountainscapes of the post-Six Day War period through the 1970s. Her later work was much more abstract. [3]
Batia Grossbard | |
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Born | April 14, 1910 Ostrow, Poland |
Died | August 11, 1995 (85) |
Alma mater | Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts |
Occupation | Artist |
Style | Abstract Expressionism |
Spouse | Yehoshua Grossbard (Vielke Broda) |
Children | Mira Baron |
Parent(s) | Eliyahu Gershon Freidkes Simchoni and Golda Rajza Freidkes |
Awards | Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality (1971); Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality (1997) |
Batia Friedkes Grossbard (April 14, 1910 – August 11, 1995) was a Polish-born Israeli painter influenced by American abstract expressionism. [1]
Grossbard attended and graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Poland. She worked with watercolor and oil paints, as well as producing lithographs. [2]
In 1938, she immigrated to Palestine. After resettling there, she served with the British Army and later settled in Haifa and married the painter Yehoshua Grossbard. [3]
In 1954, she studied at the atelier of André Lhote in Paris. She was a member of the Ein Hod artists' colony in Haifa and of the Artists and Sculptors Association in Israel. [2]
In 1966, "Lines and Trees," a collection of her work, was published. [2] Her work includes mountainscapes of the post-Six Day War period through the 1970s. Her later work was much more abstract. [3]