"The waves"

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ZVI GLY (GOLDSTEIN) (1921 - JANUARY 1962) WAS A PAINTER AND ARTIST OF ISRAELI CERAMICS, ALSO ENGAGED IN THE ROTATION OF MOSAICS AND CERAMICS.

BIOGRAPHY
ZVI GLEE WAS BORN IN 1921 IN HAIFA. HIS FATHER WAS A PHARMACIST AND A PHARMACY OWNER AND AN AMATEUR PAINTER, WITH WHOM HE BEGAN TO STUDY PAINTING FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THE EARLY 1940S, HE STUDIED A PRINT IN HERMANN STRAUK. IN 1942 HE JOINED THE BRITISH ARMY AND SERVED IN THE ENGINEERING FORCE. EVEN WHEN MILITARY SERVICES DID NOT STOP PAINTING. ON THE BACK OF A PICTURE HE SENT TO HIS PARENTS, HE WROTE THAT HE CONTINUES TO DRAW AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN DISTURB HIM FROM HIS WORK. AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, HE ENROLLED IN ITALIAN ART STUDIES AT THE FLORENCE ACADEMY OF ART, WHERE HE STUDIED THE FRESCO PAINTING CREATING RAGS OF MOSAICS AND CERAMICS, AND WON SEVERAL AWARDS IN THE CERAMIC FIELD. IN FLORENCE HE ALSO KNEW HIS WIFE URSULA. IN 1948, HE RETURNED TO ISRAEL AND PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.

AFTER THE WAR, HE TRAVELLED TO FRANCE AND STUDIED ART IN PARIS. IN 1954, HE MARRIED HIS WIFE IN CYPRUS AND RETURNED TO ISRAEL AND SETTLED IN AN ELITE, WHERE HE BUILT A CARAMI SHEEP. HIS SON, CARL, WAS BORN IN THIS YEAR. IN THE MID-1950S HE CREATED PAINTINGS FOR EL AL SONS OF NEW YORK, FOR "VILLA SCHER" IN JERUSALEM AND FOR THE SHIPS " THEODORE HERZL" AND "JERUSALEM". IN 1958, HE PRESENTED A SINGLE EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK. IN FEBRUARY 1959, WAVES PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF HORIZONS THE ARTICLE "ART OF THE WALL PAINTINGS AND ITS HEAD IN ISRAEL". HE ALSO SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE OLD ART MUSEUM IN HAIFA. IN 1961, THERE WAS A MARMAR DISEASE AND DIED IN NEWCASTLE, GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS ALSO BURIED. IN 1962, HIS WORKS WERE PRESENTED AT A GROUP EXHIBITION IN THE ISRAELI HOME IN VENICE’S GALLERY. IN JULY 1962, AFTER HIS DEATH, THE CITY OF HAIFA DECIDED TO GIVE HIM THE HERMANN PRIZE THAT HAD NOT BEEN CAST ON THE PICTURE OF THE PROPHET’S ADMONITION PRESENTED AT THE MUSEUM OF NEW ART IN HAIFA.

ALTHOUGH THE ARTISTIC CAREER OF WAVES WAS SHORT, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PAINTING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GEOMETRIC STYLE IN THE INFLUENCE OF COCOSMISM TO A GROWING ABSTRACTION. IN HIS EARLY WORKS, MAN-LIKE APPEARED MANY TIMES IN BIBLICAL SUBJECTS, AND LANDSCAPES. IN THE "COMMY" (1949), FOR EXAMPLE, HE CREATED A DESCRIPTION OF A COMBAT SCENE WITH ANONYMOUS AND ANIMAL FIGURES DESIGNED IN A SOFT COSCIVE STYLE AND MONOCHROME COLORS. THE CERAMIC WORKS THAT HE CREATED PRESENTED ARE SORT OF HUMAN FIGURES OF SORTINGNESS AND STRINGS OF PRIMITIVE NATURE. THE LATE WALL CHARTS THAT CREATED THEMES OF ABSTRACT, WHITE AND GRAY CHARACTER.

EDUCATION
1940–1942 - ENGRAVING AND CUTTING A TREE IN HERMANN STRAUK, HAIFA
1945–1948 - ACADEMY OF ART, ROME, ITALY; STUDIES IN FLORENCE, ITALY; CERAMIC STUDIES IN SIENA, ITALY
1952–53 - ACADEMY OF ART, PARIS, FRANCE.

SINGLE EXHIBITIONS
1954 - ART LOUNGE, HAIFA
1954 - HOUSE OF ARTISTS, JERUSALEM
1956 - MUSEUM OF NEW ART, HAIFA - EXHIBITION OF OIL PHOTOS AND TAMPER
1956 - ARTISTS' HOUSE, JERUSALEM
1958 - MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
1961 - MUSEUM OF HADISH ART, HAIFA
1981 - RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION, THE DELAWARE GALLERY, JERUSALEM.

PHOTO GALLERY

EXTERNAL LINKS

A 1954 "CDAR" PAINTING BY ZVI GLY, IN THE GALLERY OF "THE RUSH", OIL ON KNOS, 106 ON 57 CM
THE FRUIT IS WRAPPED:
EXHIBITION AT THE TEL AVIV MUSEUM, JANUARY 1, 1954

A VISIT TO THE ATTALIA SHATZ, MARCH 12, 1954

MARGINAL COMMENTS

ISRAELI CERAMICS
ISRAELI PAINTERS
JEWS IN THE BRITISH ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II
WINNER OF THE HERMANN STRAW PRIZE
RECTORATION (ART)
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND ARE NATIVE TO THE LAND.

ISRAELIS BORN IN 1921
ISRAELIS WHO DIED IN 1962