Aviva Uri
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| Born | March 12, 1922 Safad, Gaillee, British Palestine |
| Died | September 1, 1989 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Israeli, Jewish |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Israeli art |
Aviva Uri (Hebrew: אביבה אורי; March 12, 1922 – September 1, 1989) was an Israeli painter.[1]
Biography
[edit]Aviva Uri studied dance with Gertrude Kraus. In 1941, she married Moshe Levin, with whom she had a daughter, Rachel. In 1943, she studied painting with Moshe Castel, continuing with David Hendler in 1944. She married Hendler in 1963. She cultivated an unusual appearance, wearing white face makeup and dark eye-shadow, and oversized black clothing. She deliberately falsified her age, claiming she was born in 1927. She died in Tel Aviv in 1989.[2]
Artistic style
[edit]Uri's expressive drawings focused on line and composition. Her abstract drawings link her to the "New Horizons" group, but suggest an alternative to the abstract art being created in the country: instead of oils, she created drawings on paper; instead of the professional mixing of colors, she used no coloration; instead of Paris, she was influenced by Japan and China, or other individualists (Hans Hartung). Uri's free line influenced younger artists, such as Raffi Lavie.[3]
Awards and prizes
[edit]- Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv, 1953[1]
- Dizengoff Prize, Tel Aviv Museum, 1956
- Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1976
- Prize of the Lea Porat Council of Culture and Art, 1985
- America-Israel Cultural Foundation, 1986
- Histadrut Prize, 1989
- Gutman Prize, 1989
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Uri, Aviva. "Chapters from the book about her life" (PDF). Aviva Uri. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ Aviva Uri collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved November 2011.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish culture, (2005), Glenda Abramson
External links
[edit]
- "Aviva Uri". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- Art of Aviva Uri at Europeana. Retrieved November 2011
- Aviva Uri Chapters from the book about her life in Hebrew
- Aviva Uri Silkscreens & Mixed media on paper Har-El Printers & Publishers 1977 1978
