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Sima Slonim, Israeli painter, 1910-1999, was born in Jaffa. She was the daughter of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Slonim, the chief rabbi of Hebron, and a fifth generation Israeli. In 1934, she studied painting with Moshe Mokady and Pinhas Litvinovsky. In 1935-1936, she continued her art training at the Grand Chaumiere in Paris. There she met the Jewish artist Chaim Soutine and printmaker Joseph Hecht. In 1937-1938, she studied art education in London. In 1938, she settled in Haifa. From 1939, she taught art at the regional high school in Kibbutz Deganya. In 1953, she was one of the founders of the Ein Hod Artists Village, where she ran art workshops. Slonim's early work was influenced by the Paris school. In the 1950s, she moved toward abstraction. Died 1999.

Education

1934 painting under Moshe Mokady and Pinhas Litvinovsky
1935-1936 Grand Chaumiere, Paris, France
1937-1938 Art education, London, England
c. 1955 Lithography course, Ein Hod

Teaching

1937 Aronowitz School, Kfar Malal, painting.
1938-1939 Deganya Alef District School
1964-1977 Oranim Art Institute
1937- Art instructor, courses for school and kindergarten teachers

Awards And Prizes

1942 Dizengoff Prize
1950 Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality
1955 Herman Struck Prize, Haifa Municipality
1959 Malach Prize, Ein Hod
1959 Council for Art, Haifa
1962 Dizengoff Prize
1972 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1983 Negev Prize, Yerucham