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Boris Lekar, Israeli born USSR, 1932-2010

Boris Lekar was born in Kharkov, USSR (now Ukraine), in 1932. In his youth he studied at an art school. In the second half of the 1950s he moved to Kiev. There he continued his studies in architecture and created monuments and architectural sculpture. In 1990 he immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. In his home he held gatherings of artists and exhibitions of various artists. Lekar's main artistic field in Israel was painting. In his works he emphasized light as a spiritual motif.

Education

1950-56 Art and architecture, Institute of Architecture,Kiev, Ukraine.
1983 Ph.D. Architecture, Institute of Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine

Awards And Prizes

1996 Mordecai Narkiss Prize
1998 Ministry of Immigration and Absorption Prize, Honorable Mention
2005 Mordechai and Shoshana Ish-Shalom Prize, Artists' House, Jerusalem, Prize for Encouragement