Alphabetical list of artists

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Edwin Salomon, Israeli painter, born 1935, in Ocna Mures, a town in Transylvania, Romania. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj. In his fourth year of studies, the National Museum of Bucharest bought three of his paintings. In 1958, he was one of the winners of a competition for a Holocaust memorial in Auschwitz, Poland which became part of the permanent exhibition. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel. In 1965, he continued his art training at the Sorbonne in Paris. Salomon works in oil, acrylic and mixed-media. Animals are a major motif in his work.

Education

1951-1957 Ion Andrescu Academy of Fine Arts, Cluj, Romania
1965 Advanced studies, Sorbonne, Paris, France

Teaching

WIZO France School, Tel Aviv
Talpiot School for Art Teachers, Tel Aviv
Institute of Plastic Arts, Bat Yam
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon

Awards And Prizes

1957 International Competition for Planning Memorial Sculpture for Auschwitz
1965 Nordau Prize for Art
1968 Nordau Prize for Art, The Nordau prize, founded by the World Organization of Hungarian Jews and by the Israeli Organization of Hungarian Immigrants.
1983 Prize for Creativity, Bible House, Tel Aviv