Jerusalem

Naim Basson was born in Iraq in 1935 and immigrated to Israel in 1950.

He studied painting and sculpture at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv and at various art academies.

Basson’s wall paintings, reliefs and sculpture can be viewed in Maalot, at the Diplomat Hotel in Tel Aviv, the Marina Hotel in Bat Yam, the Caesar Hotel in Eilat, the Eyal Hotel in Eilat, the Tirat Hacarmel Hospital, the First International Bank in Tel Aviv, a 250 square meter relief at the Caesar Halls in Bat Yam and the biggest mezuzah in the world (4.8 meters) at the Israel Experience in Jaffa.

Basson’s works of art are exhibited in the collections of museums and galleries in Israel and the world over, at the Tel Aviv Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Kimche Gallery at the Tel Aviv Hilton, the Richter Gallery in Old Jaffa, the Engel Galleries in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the Bruno Galleries in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the William Rockhill Museum in Kansas City, the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, and at the “Jewish Quarter” Galleries in Beverly Hills, Encino and New York.

Basson’s works are also to be found in the private collections of personalities and public figures, among them Jane Fonda, George Segal and others.

BARUCH GREENBAUM

Baruch Greenbaum was born in Brighton, Sussex, England and studied at the Brighton College of Art.

He was one of the first freelance designers to work for B.B.C. Television. He studied painting with Bernard Meninsky.

Greenbaum served in the British 8th Army and was demobilized in 1946. He returned to London to study design. In 1950 he opened his illustration and design studio in Fleet Street.

Greenbaum worked continuously for the National Press, Advertising and Publishing. He emigrated in 1973 to Israel and lived and worked in Safed. He passed away in 1992.

Baruch Greenbaum’s landscapes of the Judean Hills and his more urban landscapes depicting life on the streets of Jerusalem are easily recognizable by their vibrant colors. Often using red, initially to delineate the scene, Greenbaum then overlays these almost sketchy lines with bright colors.

Greenbaum’s Jerusalem is one of verdant greens and warm yellows and oranges. Trees, streets, people and buildings – all are bright in the brilliant sunshine. Also, using artistic license to the full – or perhaps it is just wishful thinking on Greenbaum’s part – his Jerusalem is a relaxed, unhurried place where all different types of people belonging to many different faiths, stroll in leisurely fashion along traffic free streets – somewhat different to the noisy, fast moving reality of the modern city.

Greenbaum’s graphics and watercolors illustrate the concept of Jerusalem which many people hold in their minds and which has a separate entity to the city itself. It is Jerusalem as he would like it to be – and in fact Jerusalem as it is, without the extra layer of modernity – an ancient and spiritual city.

BARUCH GREENBAUM

Baruch Greenbaum was born in Brighton, Sussex, England and studied at the Brighton College of Art.

He was one of the first freelance designers to work for B.B.C. Television. He studied painting with Bernard Meninsky.

Greenbaum served in the British 8th Army and was demobilized in 1946. He returned to London to study design. In 1950 he opened his illustration and design studio in Fleet Street.

Greenbaum worked continuously for the National Press, Advertising and Publishing. He emigrated in 1973 to Israel and lived and worked in Safed. He passed away in 1992.

Baruch Greenbaum’s landscapes of the Judean Hills and his more urban landscapes depicting life on the streets of Jerusalem are easily recognizable by their vibrant colors. Often using red, initially to delineate the scene, Greenbaum then overlays these almost sketchy lines with bright colors.

Greenbaum’s Jerusalem is one of verdant greens and warm yellows and oranges. Trees, streets, people and buildings – all are bright in the brilliant sunshine. Also, using artistic license to the full – or perhaps it is just wishful thinking on Greenbaum’s part – his Jerusalem is a relaxed, unhurried place where all different types of people belonging to many different faiths, stroll in leisurely fashion along traffic free streets – somewhat different to the noisy, fast moving reality of the modern city.

Greenbaum’s graphics and watercolors illustrate the concept of Jerusalem which many people hold in their minds and which has a separate entity to the city itself. It is Jerusalem as he would like it to be – and in fact Jerusalem as it is, without the extra layer of modernity – an ancient and spiritual city.