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Zvi Yehuda Aldouby (Hirsch Leib Zupnick), sculptor, born 1904, Galicia. Immigrated 1924. Upon aliyah in 1924 he worked in agriculture and construction. 1936-51 studied art and the history of art with Trude Haim, Professor J. Schwartzman, Ds. Schiff, Pinkerfeld, Aviyona,Javetz, and others.After WWII he worked for the Jewish Agency as an envoy in Italy under the aegis of the UNWRA , on the welfare of the survivors of the Holocaust in the DP Camps. In 1948 in Paris, he evaluated advanced studies in European Art Centers. He was a member of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association. He was a member of the Artists' Village in Ein Harod from its inception. Died in Israel, 1996.

Education

1924-28 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, graduated
1931-37 Teachers' Seminar, Jerusalem, Teacher's Certificate
1938-29 Advanced studies, with Trude Haim
Joseph Schwarzman, School of Art
1948-50 Advanced studies in Italy and France

Teaching

Taught history of art and sculpture
Holon High School

Awards And Prizes

1957 Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality
1963 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1964 Medal from Monaco International Exhibition
1965 Prize for the ''Breakthrough into the Negev'' proposal for a monument, Givati Corps, 52nd Brigade
1967 The Histadrut Executive Prize
1991 Worthy Citizen of Tel Aviv Award, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Environmental Sculptures

1961 Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, "A Sculpture in a Garden"
1968 Atlit Youth Club, Bas- Relief- "Davd Playing Before King Saul"
1969 Netivot (Negev), "Yizkor"- Monument memorializing Aliyat Hanoar youngsters from Tunisia who perished in an air crash over Norway on their way to Israel
1970 Kiryat Gat, "Stretched Scrolls"
1971 Memorial Monument at Hulikat (Heletz), "Breakthrough into the Negev"
1972 Ein- Hod Artists Village, "To the Son"
1974 Toronto, Canada, "Birds in Flight"1975 Technion Campus, Haifa, "The Hoshen" (Breastplate)
1975 Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, Fighters House, "In Memoriam of the Martyrs of the Klooga Concentration Camp"
1976 Mount Scopus, Hadassah Memorial Park, Jerusalem, "In Hiding"
1977 Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, "Torn Scroll"
1978-79 Ramat Gan, Main Synagogue, Ramat Chen, Artistic Partition for the Women's Gallery
1980 Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, "Compositiion">br>1981 Hotel Plaza, Jerusalem, "Salute to Jerusalem"