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"Current Trends in Israeli Art"
Lecture, Exhibition and Sale
April 30 - May 4, 2008
Temple Beth El
1435 W. 7th Street, San Pedro

ARTISTS OF ISRAEL
Exhibition and Sale

The Desert Synagogue
1068 North Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262

SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2006 - 11 am - 4 pm
Complimentary Breakfast Buffet - 9 am
Lecture: "Current Trends in Israeli Art" - 10 am

Fima (Efraim Roeytenberg) - December 22, 1914 - October 16, 2005

Fima’s father worked on the Eastern China Railway. The family settled in Harbin, China. In 1933 Fima moved to Shanghai where he studied art with Russian and Viennese teachers. He eventually studied Chinese calligraphy and philosophy which had a great influence on his subsequent art and life. In 1949 he left China for Israel. He slowly gained a reputation in Israel and finally had a hugely successful exhibition at Bertha Urdang’s Rina Gallery. It led to his discovery by French critics and a move to Paris for the next 41 years. He also showed at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. He was critically acclaimed in Israel also and had exhibitions at the Israel Museum and Tel Aviv Museums as well as the Jewish Museum in New York. He returned to Israel in 2002 and even exhibited in Hong Kong before his death in 2005. His integrity, the beauty of his brushstrokes and colors and his incorporation of Chinese street banners and calligraphy made him one of the most unique and entrancing of all Israeli artists

Read comprehensive Fima Obituary at Guardian Unlimited.

Past shows:

Lawrence Family JCC
November 14 - 18, 2004
4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla
(858) 362 1348

in conjunction with the Jewish Book Fair

• San Antonio, TX JCC.
  October 2004
• Contemporary Israeli Art: 1978 - 2003
  Orange County Jewish Community Center
  August, 2004
• ARTISTS OF ISRAEL,
  May 2004
  TEMPLE MENORAH
  Redondo Beach, CA
• Show and Sale at the
  DESERT SYNAGOGUE, Palm Springs
  February 2004
• Art Exhibition and Sale at La Jolla JCC
  Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
  November 2003
  

Jews in Crisis: Israeli Art: 1980 - 2000

The Michael Hittleman Gallery was chosen by the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles for a summer-long exhibition entitled "Jews in Crisis: Israeli Art: 1980 - 2000." The exhibit was on display in Summer 2002.