Creator Bio
Israel Hershberg
b. 1948
Israel Hershberg was born in a displaced persons’ camp in Linz, Austria, moved to Israel as an infant, and then at age nine immigrated to the United States. In 1984, he returned to Israel. Hershberg is considered one of the world’s foremost realist painters. He is the recipient of the Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art (1991) and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for Israeli Art (1997). He is the founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem Studio School.
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Seven Smoked Fish on a Grinding Slab
Hershberg is considered one of the leading realist painters of our time. He has said that a true artist sees reality as a “continual feast, a never-ending delight to the eyes,” and hopes that his…