YITZHAK GREENFIELD - BIOGRAPHY
Yitzhak Greenfield is a leading Israeli artist
focusing on paintings of Jerusalem. His work is inspired by living
and working in Jerusalem. Yitzhak's paintings and prints reflect
the deep interest of the artist in Judaism, Kabbalah and archeology.
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| Yitzhak Greenfield in his Jerusalem
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Yitzhak Greenfield was born in Brooklyn New York.
He studied art in The Educational Alliance Art School in New York.
He studied printmaking in Venice Italy. Yitzhak came to Israel and
lived on Kibutz Gal-on and Ein Hashophet. He established his studio
and gallery in Ein Kerem Jerusalem.
"Yitzhak Greenfield has become the incarnation of an art inspired
by and expressing Jerusalem. This alchemy is a result of his great
talent, his poetic mind, his dedication to his art and his professional
achievements as a painter and a printmaker. The landscape of Israel,
especially the Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem, has always been a
major source of his art. His love of the Bible, the Kabbalah and
archeology has brought new elements into his unique vision" Miriam
Tal: International Association of Art Critics.
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| Yitzhak Greenfield in his Jerusalem
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AWARDS
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1983 Received an award from The Society
for Jewish Art, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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1956 Received The Dizengoff Award
for Fine Art from the city of Tel-Aviv, Israel. |
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"In Yitzhak Greenfield's landscapes discovery
of his environment and crystallization of his technique are
intermeshed, developed in parallel... The results are closer
to symbols than to simple visual realities."
Yona Fischer, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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