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Itamar Siani, Israeli painter, engraver, born 1941, Yemen

Itamar Siani was born in Sana'a, Yemen. He immigrated to Israel in 1949 with his mother and three brothers. He lived and studied at Meir Shefaya Youth Village near Zichron Yaakov, where the teachers recognized his artistic talent. In 1968, he was admitted to Goldsmiths College of Art in London on a scholarship from Lady Edith Wolfson.
In 1970, Siani was chosen to represent Israel in an exhibit of Israeli art at Museum Merida in Spain. He published an album of 15 etchings entitled "The Magic Carpet." His art commemorates the unique cultural heritage and traditions of the Yemenite Jewish community, who returned to the Promised Land on "Eagles' Wings," the code name of the Israeli rescue of Yemenite Jewry in 1949. Among his notable works is a ten-meter long oil painting depicting the immigration of the Yemenite Jews, which he worked on for 30 years.

Education

1956 studied art with Marcel Janco, Zvi Meirowitz, Yaakov Agam, Yohanan Simon, Prof. Josef Schwarzman, and Moshe Mokadi
1968-1975 Goldsmiths College of Art, University of London, London, England

Teaching

Painting, at his studio at Meir Shefaya Youth Village

Awards And Prizes

1963-64, Scholarship from Aliyat Hanoar