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Eva Boehm-Frankel, artist, was born in Beuthen, Silesia (Germany) in February 1918. She studied in Reimann Academy of Arts & Crafts in Berlin, specializing in textile design. She continued her studies in Kunstchule, Hamburg, under the guidance of the director, Prof. Adler. In 1939 she left for Holland, where she studied drawing and sculpture in Amsterdam. During the German occupation she went underground and was active in the Resistance until she was captured and sent to the concentration camps of Westerburg and Terezienstadt. After the war, in 1945, she studied drawing in Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris. In 1946 she immigrated to Israel (Palestine), where she studied with the artists Asheim and Matuscak. She moved to Jerusalem in 1947, married Shlomo Boehm in 1950, and had 4 children. Boehm-Frankel was a member of the Israeli Painters and Sculptors Association; the Israeli Crafts Association and the Cambridge Art Association, Boston. Exhibited in Germany, Holland, England, U.S. and Israel. Died in April 1998.

Education

1936-39 Reimann Academy of Arts & Crafts in Berlin,Germany, specializing in textile design.
Art School, Hamburg, Germany, advanced studies, with Prof. Adler
1939-1942 Studied drawing and sculpturing in Amsterdam, under guidance of Prof. Wertheim
1945 Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France
1947 Studied with artists Ascheim and Matuscak, Jerusalem

Teaching

Y.M.C.A., Jerusalem
Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Awards And Prizes

1947 First Prize, Applied Arts and Industrial Design, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem
1950 Prize for Applied Arts and Industrial Design Competition, Jerusalem Artist House, Jerusalem, Israel
1960 Symbol for Selected Product of Jerusalem, House of Quality
1968 Seal of Quality, Jerusalem House of Quality, Jerusalem