1. Yehezkel Streichman is considered a pioneer of Israeli modernist painting.
11 Facts About Yehezkel Streichman
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Yehezkel Streichman was born in Kovno, Russian Empire.
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Yehezkel Streichman studied at the local gymnasium, was a member of Hashomer Hatza'ir, and emigrated to Palestine in 1924.
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Yehezkel Streichman studied under Yitzhak Frenkel in the Histadrut Art Studio in Tel Aviv.
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Yehezkel Streichman participated in 24th Venice Biennale, the 28th Venice Biennale, the 3rd Sao Paulo Art Biennial, and the 33rd Venice Biennale.
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Yehezkel Streichman was President of the Israeli Artists and Painters Union.
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Yehezkel Streichman's painting style involved using successive thick layers of paint.
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Yehezkel Streichman was an acclaimed painter in what was known as the modernist "New Horizons" group in 1950s Tel Aviv, which he founded in 1948 along with Joseph Zaritsky and Stematsky.
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Yehezkel Streichman won the Dizengoff Prize multiple times, the Ramat Gan Prize, the Moadon Milo Prize, the Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, awarded by the Israel Museum, the Histadrut Prize, the Israel Prize.
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In 1948 Yehezkel Streichman was one of the founders of New Horizon Group.
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Yehezkel Streichman died on January 12,1993, in Tel Aviv, at the age of 86.