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Matanya Abramson, Israeli sculptor, born Kvutzat Kinneret, 1920–2004.

Abramson was born in Kvutzat Kinneret to a pioneering family from Russia. After graduating from Mikve Yisrael agricultural high school, he studied painting with various Israeli artists. He served in the Haganah, the British Navy, the Palmach, and the Israel Defense Forces for 12 years. After the Israeli War of Independence he studied sculpture with Shwartzman and Kosso Eloul. In 1954, he worked in Paris for six months. He then returned to Kvutzat Kinneret where he continued to work in agriculture and sculpture. In 1959, he moved to the artists' colony in Safed. In 1962, he went to Italy for two years. The sculptures he produced in Cararra and Florence were sent to New York in October 1962. In 1964 he moved to Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, and in 1965 to Jaffa.

Abramson worked in stone, marble, wood, bronze, aluminum, and copper.

Education

Mikve Yisrael agricultural school
1954 sculpture studies, Paris
1959 studied with artists in Safed
1962 sculpture studies, Carrara and Florence, Italy
Studied with Kosso Eloul

Awards And Prizes

1968 Prize for Sculpture from the Munich Municipality, Germany