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Ḥaim Gamzu
1910–1982
Israeli art and drama critic Ḥaim Gamzu was born in Chernigov, Russia (now Chernihiv, Ukraine), and arrived in Palestine in 1923. Gamzu studied art and philosophy at the Sorbonne and the University of Vienna. He became director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 1962 and founded the Beit Zvi acting school in Ramat Gan. He wrote about painting, sculpture, and the theater for Haaretz and published several books. The Tel Aviv Museum’s Prize for the Advancement of the Arts is named for him.
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Painting and Sculpture in Israel
It is not enough to see a statue. A statue has to be sensed with the fingertips. In our imagination we touch the statue, caress it, examine its rounded and hollow surfaces, and by doing so our sense…