Composition

DORIT LEVI
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Born 1952 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Her Family Immigrated from Yemen

Graduated from the Wizo France Art School in Tel-Aviv Israel

Over the years Dorit has developed her own unique style, her work
Is influenced by the works of artists such as Boulange an artist from Bolivia and various cubist artists such as Picasso ,Leger ,Braque,

The flow of color and images, the joy of life, the movement of the
Figures are all a part of her lifetime experience, Dorit lived in Africa, and Iran.

Africa with its warm and vast savannas can be felt in her use of warm bright colors, Iran, with the colorful markets of Teheran, and the people in their embroidered garb, imbued her images and background compositions with their oriental enchanted feeling.

Dorit‘s works are remarkable by her use of gold leaf affixed to her canvases and the enormous amount of details and complex composition, the viewer discovers new aspects and configurations In her works each time afresh.

Her works are on display in various Galleries and collections in Israel,
USA, Canada, France, and Japan.

Exhibitions :
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1992 Bruno Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel
1994 Gan Hair-Museum Tel Aviv, Israel
1996 Bruno Gallery Jerusalem, Israel
1999 Safrai Gallery Jerusalem, Israel
1999 Claude Ammon Gallery Paris, France
‏2002 Art Expo New York, USA

Ardon painted within the European Jewish tradition. He has sought to express what for him is the mystical aspect of the Holy Land and the impact of the Holocaust on the emerging nation. His style is abstract, with a complex vocabulary of personal symbols that are also frequently drawn from Midrash and Kabbalah.

Born in Poland 1896.

1920-26: Studied in the “Bauhaus” in Weimar and then in Munich.
1929-33: Taught at the Berlin Art Institute.
1935-52: Taught at the Bezalel Art Institute, then became its director.
1940-52: In charge of Art Education Ministry of Education and Culture, and Advisor to the Israeli Government on Art Matters.

Since 1928, participated in group exhibitions in Berlin.
First one man exhibition 1948, New York.
1949-59: Exhibitions, Stedljik Museum Amsterdam, Marlborough Gallery, London – New York.
Bezalel Museum Jerusalem – Haifa Art Museum documenta I Kassel Germany.
1959: Venice Biennale
1968: Works in Collections of the Metropolitan Museum NY Tate Gallery, London, Museum of Modern Art, Rome.
1963: Awarded Israel Prize for Art.

Ardon painted within the European Jewish tradition. He has sought to express what for him is the mystical aspect of the Holy Land and the impact of the Holocaust on the emerging nation. His style is abstract, with a complex vocabulary of personal symbols that are also frequently drawn from Midrash and Kabbalah.

Born in Poland 1896.

1920-26: Studied in the “Bauhaus” in Weimar and then in Munich.
1929-33: Taught at the Berlin Art Institute.
1935-52: Taught at the Bezalel Art Institute, then became its director.
1940-52: In charge of Art Education Ministry of Education and Culture, and Advisor to the Israeli Government on Art Matters.

Since 1928, participated in group exhibitions in Berlin.
First one man exhibition 1948, New York.
1949-59: Exhibitions, Stedljik Museum Amsterdam, Marlborough Gallery, London – New York.
Bezalel Museum Jerusalem – Haifa Art Museum documenta I Kassel Germany.
1959: Venice Biennale
1968: Works in Collections of the Metropolitan Museum NY Tate Gallery, London, Museum of Modern Art, Rome.
1963: Awarded Israel Prize for Art.