Menashe Kadishmanartist • sculptorTel Aviv (Israël) 1932-1972 Israël

Israeli sculptor and painter. Was educated at the Avni Institute (1947-1950) in Tel Aviv, where he was taught by Moshe Sternschuss, and by the sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem. In 1959 he moved to London, where he studied at St. Martin's School of Art, among others. In 1972, Kadishman returned to Israel. He has been awarded many times and has many international solo and group exhibitions to his name. His images from the 1960s are minimalist in style and designed to appear as if they defy gravity. In the late 1970s, his sculpture became grander and he created historical monuments. In this period he created schematically designed figures from flat steel. Kadishman's theme is mainly connected with Israeli and biblical history.