Yechezkel Streichman (1906-1993), Study of a Face.
Watercolor on paper. Signed.
Yechezkel Streichman, born in Lithuania, immigrated to Palestine in 1924 and studied art at Bezalel. After graduation, he travelled to Paris, where he studied architecture, and during the years 1928-1931 studied art at the Academy of Arts in Florence. In 1936, he returned to Palestine and settled in Tel-Aviv. Streichman taught at the Avni Institute, formed the Studia Art School with Avigdor Stematsky and was one of the founders of the New Horizons movement. He was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for art three times. In 1990 he was awarded the Israel Prize for painting.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Streichman's work was influenced by Expressionism; during the 1950s, his work grew increasingly abstract. Streichman is considered one of the most prominent Israeli artists of abstract painting. Several leading Israeli artists were his students.
69X49.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and stains.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.