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Yaakov Epstein, Israeli, born in Poland, 1921-2006.

Yaakov Epstein was born in Cremnicz, Poland. His father was a sculptor and woodcarver. At the end of the 1930s, Epstein studied art in Lvov and created several wall reliefs there. In 1941-1946, during World War II, he served in the Red Army. After the war, he returned to Lvov, which was then part of Western Ukraine, where he lectured at the art academy and worked as a restorer of architectural sites in Ukraine. In 1957 Epstein moved to Poland and two years later, immigrated to Israel. He settled in Bat Yam and was one of the founders of the Institute of Plastic Arts there.

Epstein created many realistic sculptures and expressionist busts. Among his best-known works are the Hof Hacarmel Memorial (1968) , a monument to Janusz Korcak and a bust of Maimonides in Bat Yam.

Education

Art Academy, Poland.

Teaching

Academy, Lwow, Poland
Institute of Fine Arts, Bat Yam
Thelma Yellin High School, Givatayim
Avni Institute, Tel Aviv-Yaffo
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Awards And Prizes

1968 First Prize for Memorial to the Jews of Lviv
1968 First Prize for Hof HaCarmel War Memorial
1981 Second Prize for the Janusz Korczak Memorial, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
1984 First Prize for Monument to the Jews who Fought Agaenst the Nazis, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
1984 Bat Yam Prize, (In the third time)
2000 Yakir Hair, Bat Yam