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Moshe Hoffmann, painter, sculptor and woodcuts, born 1938, Budapest, Hungary., During WWII he lived in the Red Cross Buildings, and in the Jewish Ghetto of Budapest, Hungary. Died 1983. From 1967 to1983 he worked at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem as a clay restorator in the Department of Antiquities.The central motif in his mature works is the female body.During the last years of his life he published three volumes of poetry, wrote an autobiography, and started a novel which he never finished.

Education

1956-59 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Sculpture, Goldsmithing, .and Woodcut under the private guidance of Yakov Pins.
1968 British Museum, London, England, sent by the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem to specialize in metal restoration.

Awards And Prizes

1957 Ben-Zvi Sculpture Award
1959 Ben-Zvi Sculpture Award
1972 Jerusalem Prize for Painting and Sculpture

Environmental Sculptures

1973 Israel Embassy, New York City, USA 1983 Stone School, Jerusalem, Wall Mural in the Sport Arena,based on his woodcut-Legs"-