Creator Bio
Batia Lichansky
1901–1992
Batia Lichansky was the first woman in Israel to sculpt national monuments and memorials. Born in Malyn, Ukraine, Lichansky immigrated to Palestine in 1910, beginning her studies in 1918 at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem before traveling to Rome, Berlin, and Paris to further her artistic training. In addition to her public sculptures, which move stylistically between realism and expressionism, Lichansky produced more than one hundred busts of prominent cultural figures, including Israeli authors, artists, and political leaders. Her contributions to Israeli art earned her the Dizengoff Prize for painting and sculpture in 1944 and 1957.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Holocaust and Rebirth (Kibbutz Nezer Sereni, Israel)
Kibbutz Netzer Sereni was established by Holocaust survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp. In fact, its original name was Kibbutz Buchenwald. It is now named for Enzo Sereni, an Italian…