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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.


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