Jossi (Yossi) Stern (Hungarian/Israeli 1923-1992)

"Torah reading in Jerusalem," oil on canvas, 19 x 23 in., signed. Yossi Stern is acclaimed for his illustrations which he created for many newspapers, books and publications in Israel. He was a master aquarellist, draughtsman, photographer and oil painter. He immigrated to Israel in 1939 to escape the Holocaust but was declared an illegal immigrant and spent six months in a prison camp. He studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, the Royal Academy of Art in London and on his own in Paris. He was Professor of Graphic Arts at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, a position he held for more than twenty years. Education 1943-1947 Bezalel, Jerusalem 1949 Royal College of Art, London, advanced studies, 1950 Paris Awards and Prizes 1946 Herman Struck Prize for Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel 1967 UNESCO Award 1969 Nordau Prize for Art 1978 Herzl Prize