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Haim Bargal, Israeli painter, 1922- 1985, born in Koritz, Poland. He attended the Zhitomir Academy of Arts, but his studies were interrupted in 1941 by the Nazi invasion. His mother was murdered but he and his father escaped and Bargal joined the partisans. In 1944, he returned to his war-ravaged hometown with his father and documented his Holocaust memories through art. In 1946, he immigrated to the Land of Israel but was detained by the British and deported to Cyprus. In 1947, he settled in Kibbutz Sha'ar Hagolan in the Jordan Valley. After the War of Independence, he continued his art studies at Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem. Bargal worked in oil, crayon, watercolor, linoleum cuts, mosaics, wood and concrete. Died 1985.

Education

1940-41 Zhitomir Academy of Arts, Poland
1945 Lviv National Academy of Arts, Ukraine
1950-51 Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem, with Mordecai Ardon and Isidor Ascheim
1989 Parsons School of Design, New York City, USA

Awards And Prizes

1950-51, Scholarship, Ministry of Education
1989 Scholarship from Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design for Studies at Parsons School of Design, New York City, USA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1961 Independence Prize of Jordan Valley Council
1957 Dvora Davidson Foundation Prize for Art, Kibbutz Artzi Federation