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Avraham Asher Baradon, Israeli, 1885-1949.

Avraham Baradon was born in 1885 in Jerusalem. His father was Reuben Chaim Baradon and his mother was Levana Baradon (Korkidi). The family lived in the courtyard of Rahamim Mizrachi on Misgav Ladach Street. In 1906 he was accepted to study in the first graduating class of "Bezalel" in Jerusalem. He worked in the school's carpet department. In 1909 he was appointed head of the copper department ("Damascus Works") established at Bezalel. On the occasion of his marriage to Perla Abouchedid in 1913, Baradon received a table made at Bezalel using Damascus style work methods. His second wife was Nechama Zakarias. In 1920 he founded the "Machshevet" [Craftsmanship] Workshop under the auspices of Bezalel. The story of Baradon's connections with Schatz appears in the story of Oded Burla - "A Righteous Heretic" published in the book "The Sound of the March" (1965).

Baradon's works were influenced by oriental art, in the style of “Bezalel Art.” Baradon wrote on his business card that he is creating paintings "in oriental style and in national Israeli-Hebrew content." Among his works are jugs, plates and other metal works decorated with texts. He created a group of works made of munitions shells, such as a Hanukkah lamp with Boris Schatz’s figure of Matityahu the Hasmonean.

Education

1906-1909 Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, Jerusalem

Teaching

1909 Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, Jerusalem, teacher and director of the department of copper work.