Pinchas Litvinovsky
{{Short description|Israeli painter (1894–1985)}}
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| caption = Portrait of Pinchas Litvinovsky - Gabriel Talphir Archive, Information Center for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
| native_name = פנחס ליטבינובסקי
| birth_name = Piotr Vladimirovich Litvinovsky
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|8|11}}
| birth_place = Novogeorgievsk, Ukraine
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|9|15|1894|8|11}}
| death_place = Jerusalem, Israel
| resting_place = Har HaMenuchot
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| known_for = Painting, drawing
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| movement = Israeli art
| awards = Israel Prize (1980), Dizengoff Prize (1939)
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Pinchas Litvinovsky ({{langx|he|פנחס ליטבינובסקי}}; August 11, 1894 – September 15, 1985), was an Israeli painter.
Biography
Litvinovsky was born on August 11, 1894, in Novogeorgievsk, to a religious Jewish family. He studied at the Academy of Art in Odessa, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and Imperial Academy of Arts in the city Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Litvinovsky immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1919 with the first wave of settlers of the Third Aliyah, on board the SS. Ruslan.{{Cite news |title=One Voyage That Changed the Face of Jewish Culture in Israel |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/life/2023-08-27/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/how-the-zionist-mayflower-helped-create-modern-israel/0000018a-2765-da97-a7cb-67f7b90c0000 |access-date=2023-12-16}}
In the 1930s, Litvinovsky traveled to Paris several times where he encountered the art of Georges Roux, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso Joan Miró, and the painters of the School of Paris. In the early 1950s, Litvinovsky settled down in the Katamon neighbourhood of Jerusalem, In the house that Moshe Dayan gave him.Avshalom Halutz, [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-26/ty-article/.premium/do-we-belong-in-the-middle-east-the-israelis-making-the-levant-relevant-again/00000190-efbc-d8b8-a59a-efbe88670000 Cultural Roundup | Do We Belong in the Middle East? The Israelis Putting the Levant Front and Center], Haaretz, Jul 26, 2024 He won several awards for his achievements, most notably the 1980 Israel Prize for Painting.
Litvinovsky became known for his portraits of famous people from Israel and around the world. Towards the end of his life, he created an exceptional series of portraits of rabbis. Curator Amichai Chasson describes these works as an attempt "to merge the lofty spiritual element with the mundane".Barry Davis [https://www.jpost.com/must/article-812913 Art for life: unveiling the work of a little-known Israeli art world giant], The Jerusalem Post, August 2, 2024
Pinchas Litvinovsky died on September 15, 1985, in Jerusalem.
Selected solo exhibitions
- 1935 - the Bezalel National Museum
- 1944 - Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 1960 - A retrospective exhibition in the home of Helena Rubinstein,Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 1986 - to commemorate the first anniversary of Litvinovsky's death, the Knesset
- 1990 - Pinchas Litvinovsky: In Search of the Roots of Life, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem (curator: Yigal Zalmona)[https://www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/pinchas-litvinovsky Pinchas Litvinovsky] in The Israel Museum
- 2024 - Pinchas Litvinovsky: You Must Choose Life—That is Art (curator: Amichai Chasson), Beit Avi Chai Gallery, Jerusalem
Awards and recognition
- In 1939, Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv – Jaffa{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf |title=List of Dizengoff Prize laureates |publisher=Tel Aviv Municipality |language=Hebrew |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217141815/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf |archivedate=2007-12-17 }}
- In 1970, Litvinovsky received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award (along with Anna Ticho).{{Cite web|title=Recipients of Yakir Yerushalayim award (in Hebrew) |url=http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/TopSiteJeru.asp?newstr=3&src=/jer_sys/publish/HtmlFiles/1030/results_pub_id=12594.html&cont=895 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022034528/http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/TopSiteJeru.asp?newstr=3&src=%2Fjer_sys%2Fpublish%2FHtmlFiles%2F1030%2Fresults_pub_id%3D12594.html&cont=895 |archivedate=2013-10-22 }} City of Jerusalem official website
- In 1980 - Israel Prize for Painting (with Anna Ticho and Yosl Bergner).{{Cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1980 (in Hebrew)| url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashlag/Tashmab_Tashlag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tasham}}
See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients
- Visual arts in Israel
- [https://www.litvinovsky.org/ Litvinovsky] web page
References
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External links
- [https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/artist/pinchas-litvinovsky-israeli-b-ukraine-1894-1985 Pinchas Litvinovsky] at The Jewish Museum (New York)
- [https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.6?destination=node/63231%3Fedan_q%3DPinchas%2520Litvinovsky Pinchas Litvinovsky] at The National Portrait Gallery (United States)
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Category:Jews from Mandatory Palestine
Category:Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Category:Jewish Israeli painters
Category:Israel Prize in painting recipients