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Friedel Stern, Painter and Caricaturist. born 1917,died 2006, Leipzig, Germany. Immigrated 1936. Passed away in October 2006.Wrote several books of caricatures "In Short :Israel", "Fig Leaves". Contributed to many magazines including the women's magazine "AT" (You). She posed as a Jerusalem beggar, bus driver, housemaid, new immigrant, and opera singer in order to get material for her newspaper work, which was hilarious.She served in the British army during WWII, She started drawing for the Israeli Army Magazine "Bamahane" with the editor,Yossi Stern, and from there was picked up by other newspapers and went on to her fame as a cartoonist.
For many years was the only woman in the field, Stern cartoons Israel. Unlike other cartoonists of her generation, Stern rarely engaged in political or military matters. Occupational issues' uniqueness was taken from everyday life; the society presented as grotesque or absurd. Artistically Stern's works are characterized by the use of geometric line, using relatively little colourful surfaces. Besides her work as artist-cartoonist, illustrator of children's books and writer of humorous articles, she also designed a series of Israli postage stamps. LEGACY donated her art tn 2010, to the Israel Cartoon Museum in Holon.

Education

1935 Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany
1937 Studied drawing with P.K. Henich, Haifa
1938–1940 The New Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem, Studied graphic art,with Ardon, BFA
1950 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Advanced studies,
1980 San Miguel d"Allende,Mexico

Teaching

1963-92 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Drawing
Registered at Artists House, Tel Aviv

Awards And Prizes

1944 Prize, Naples, Italy
1961 Third prize, Cartoons.Bordighera, Italy
1965 Second Prize, International Salon for Humor and Cartoons, Montreal, Canada
1966 Fifth Prize, International Salon for Humor and Cartoons, Montreal, Canada
1994 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996 Honorary membership, Graphic Designers Association of Israel
1999 Presidential Award for Voluntarism
1999 Award for lifetime achievement in drawing and cartoons, The Council of Women's Organizations in Israel
2004 Dosh Prize for Caricature, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Prize for Outstanding Caricature