Shraga Weil

Shrage Weil שרגא ווייל
Born	Shraga Weil (1918-09-24)September 24, 1918 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Died	February 20, 2009(2009-02-20) (aged 90) Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Education	Prague School of Art, Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris
Known for	Painting, Graphics, Printmaking
Movement	Modern
Awards	Dizengoff Prize (1959)

Shraga Weil (Hebrew: שרגא ווייל; September 24, 1918 – February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter.

Biography

Weil was born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants. His father was a building engineer. He was sent to study with a local sculptor, and then to the Academy of Art 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 Israel on an illegal immigrant ship. He arrived in Israel in 1947 and became a member of Kibbutz HaOgen, where he lived until his death.

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

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.

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

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

Gallery

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

Further reading

• Twelve Israeli Painters, Published by Lion the Printer, Tel Aviv, 1965
• "Shraga Weil - 60 years of Printmaking", Gideon Ofrat, Safrai Fine Art Gallery Jerusalem, 2000, 148 pages

External links

• Short biography for Shraga Weil Knesset website (in English)
• Official website of Shraga Weil official website