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Edith Samuel, Israeli, born Germany, 1907–1964

Edith Samuel was born in 1907 in the city of Essen, Germany, to an ultra- orthodox family, where her father served as the town rabbi. In 1939 she made Aliyah to the Land of Israel, joining the rest of her siblings, among them, the ceramic artist Chava Samuel. She lived and worked in Rishon Lezion. Most of her work was in the field of dolls. The early work she did in Germany is primarily portraits on a relatively large scale. After she made Aliyah to the Land of Israel, she created folkloristic figures on a relatively small scale (20 cm.). For some of them she used molds for casting the heads of her dolls. From her works in the Ruth Youth Wing, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Education

Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Arts Academy of the city of Dusseldorf), Germany

Awards And Prizes

1946 Third Place, WIZO Prize, Exhibition for Applied Art, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem