Arieh Allweil , 1901-1967
Jew in Safed

Jew in Safed
Artist's name: Arieh Allweil , 1901-1967
Item name: Jew in Safed
Technique: Oil on paper mounted on wood
Measurements: 37X27 cm
Signed: Signed.

About The Artist:
Arieh Allweil, painter, born 1901, Galicia. Immigrated 1920. Published series of linoleum cuts of Israeli and Biblical subjects, also illustrated a Passover Haggada and large scale murals of the Holocaust. From 1952 until his death lived in Tel Aviv, and in Safed in summer. Died 1967, Safed.
Education
1921-25 Art Academy, Vienna, Austria
1921-25 Dresden Academy, Germany
Teaching
Herzliyah Gymnasium High-School, Israel, art.
Tel Aviv High School
Awards And Prizes
1937 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1946 Dizengoff Prize
1955 Turov Prize for Bible Illustrations