Weintraub Ben Gurion Portrait Isreali Painting

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Artist: William Weintraub
Title: Ben Gurion (Ex-Prime Minister of Isreal)
Year: 1971
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated
Size: 36" x 27"

American born William Weintraub has become one of Israel's best known painters of Israeli people. Mr. Weintraub is a graduate of the Maryland Institute of Art. He studied under renound teacher Jacques Maroger. As a volunteer in the US Merchant Marines in 1944, Weintraub found his subjects in his trips to Europe and the Mediterranean. After a brief internment in Cyprus, Weintraub arrived in Palestine to participate in the War of Liberation. Following a stint in the Israeli Merchant Navy, Weintraub settled in Tel Aviv in 1955 to give all his time to painting. He has held successful one-man shows and participated in group exhibits in Israel and abroad.

Item Details

Reference #:
weintraub_gurion
Quantity
1
Category
Fine Art
SubCategory
Paintings
Department
Antiques (approx100yrs)
Year
1971
Dimensions
(Width x Height X Depth)
27.00 x 36.00 x
Weight
Unknown
Condition
very good
Material