- Yitzhak Yamin
Yitzhak Yamin ( יצחק ימין born 1938) is an Israeli painter and
sculptor .Yitzhak Yamin was born in
Iraq , and in 1951 emigrated toIsrael . As a newcomer to Israel, he lived with his parents and his eleven brothers and sisters in a transit camp nearJerusalem .At the age of sixteen, Yamin left home and dedicated himselfto art.In 1961 he graduated from the [http://www.bezalel.ac.il/site/hpopen.asp Bezalel Art School] in Jerusalem.During the sixties Yamin won the "Sharet Foundation" scholarship for young artists,and studied under the supervision of the artist
Ernest Fox .His art utilizes a variety of painting techniques, such as sketch,watercolor painting ,tempera paintings and oil on canvas.Beside being a painter Yamin also practices in plastic art, creating sculptures made ofbronze , wood,marble ,iron and stone.Yamin painted portraits of many well-known figures such as Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef ,the late prime ministerMenachem Begin , and the late Egyptian presidentAnwar Al Sadat . During his many years of creation, Yamin had many solo exhibitions and participated in group shows. His paintings and sculptures are displayed in many private collections, public collections and galleries in israel and abroad.The “Holly Jerusalem” carpet designed by him is part of the “Rekanaty” collection in the Discount Bank in
Tel-Aviv . In 1980 he designed and built a statue in [http://www.mevaseret.net/sculptures.htm memory of the fight over the Castel Hill.] At the beginning of the nineties, he was invited to design a memorandum room for the veterans of the patrol unit “Sayeret Haruv” in theJordan Valley .Yizhak Yamin taught art in elementary schools and high schools. In 1970 he opened his own private school in which he passes on his knowledge of art to new generations of students.
External links
To the artist's site: [http://www.angelfire.com/art2/yamin Yitzhak Yamin]
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