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Yehoshua Grossbard, Israeli, 1902-1992, born in Poland

Yehoshua Grossbard was a painter, sculptor and papercut artist. He was born in Serock, Poland. From an early age, he helped his father, a house painter. Together, they created ornamented ceilings, also for synagogues. The father drew stencils on thick paper and the son cut them out with a pen-knife. In 1926-1928, he studied art in Vilna and Warsaw.

Grossbard immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1939, settling in Haifa. He was one of the founders of Ein Hod Artists' Village in 1953. In 1955, he studied at Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. In the 1960s, he produced papercuts on festival and literary themes.

Education

1926-1928 painting in Vilna and Warsaw, Poland
1926 Painting with Professor Meznik, Poland
1955 Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France
1928 Wizik Gerson Institute of Painting, Warsaw, Poland
1955 Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France

Awards And Prizes

1958 Malach Prize, Ein Hod
1977 Herman Struck Prize, Artists' Association of Haifa and the North, Haifa Municipality