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Israeli painter (1918–2009)

Shrage Weil שרגא ווייל

Born	František Ferdinand Weil (1918-09-24)September 24, 1918 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Died	February 20, 2009(2009-02-20) (aged 90) Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Education	Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris
Known for	Painting, Graphics, Printmaking
Movement	Modern
Awards	Dizengoff Prize (1959)

Shraga Weil (Hebrew: שרגא ווייל; September 24, 1918 – February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter.

Biography

Weil was born as František Ferdinand Weil in Nitra, Czechoslovakia in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants. His father was a building engineer. He was sent to study with a local sculptor, and then to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He produced his first graphic works during World War II, during which he spent as a prisoner. After the War, he sailed for Israel on an illegal immigrant ship. He arrived in Israel in 1947 and became a member of Kibbutz HaOgen, where he lived until his death.

In 1954, he studied murals and graphic techniques at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He also studied mosaics in Ravenna with Professor Severini.

Weil died on February 20, 2009.

Work

Weil's works have been exhibited in the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, France, Slovakia, the USSR, Switzerland, and in the International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, in Lugano.

Weil's artwork is in the permanent collections of Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Los Angeles County Museum, Jewish Museum, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA, as well as others.