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Franz Bernheimer, Israeli, born Germany 1911-1997.

Franz Bernheimer was born in Munich, Germany to a wealthy, assimilated Jewish family. In the 1930s, he studied biology, medicine and art, first in Germany and after the rise of the Nazis, in Italy and Switzerland. In 1939, he immigrated to the United States via Cuba. He studied art and painting at Yale University, and then lectured in art history, specializing in the art of the Renaissance. In 1957-1958, he traveled to Italy. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Kiryat Tivon. Bernheimer's early work was destroyed in the bombing in World War II, and very little of his paintings from Cuba survived. His mature work consists mainly of abstract and semi-abstract drawings that conjure up the human body and landscapes using a combination of line and patches of color.

Education

1917-1924 Ludwig Gymnasium in Munich, Munich, Germany
1925-1929 pre-medical BS degree, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
1930-1934 Art Academy, Munich, Germany
1934-1935 Biology and medicine, University of Rome and University of Naples, Italy
1936-1938 Advanced studies with sculptor Herman Haller, Zurich, Switzerland
1936-1940 Orthopediatrics, Medical University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1942-1944 MFA, MA in Fine Arts and History of the Arts, Yale University

Teaching

1949 Brooklyn College, New York, USA
1949-1960 History of Art, Sweet Briar College, Virginia, USA
1968-1980 Art history and drawing, Haifa University, Haifa