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Baruch Nachshon
Israeli painter (1939–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baruch Nachshon (Hebrew: ברוך נחשון; 1939 – 2021) was an Israeli artist and mystic.
Nachshon was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine. Between 1950 and 1958, he studied art with Shlomo Nernai, the only student of Cézanne.[1][2]
He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York for two years after receiving a scholarship from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.[3][4] Nachshon's art is the only art to be exhibited at 770, Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters.[5] In 1980, Rabbi Schneerson attended the celebratory opening of Nachshon's exhibit at 770 himself.[6]
Nachshon's art translates Biblical stories and rabbinic interpretations into visual art.[7]
His paintings have been exhibited around the world, in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Argentina, Australia, England and Hong Kong.[8] In 2015 Koren Publishing released a book of psalms illustrated by Nachshon and annotated by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Even-Israel).[9]
He is one of the founders of the Jewish residence in Hebron.[10] He was one of the first settlers in the city following the Six Day War in 1967.[5]
Nachshon died on 13 September 2021 at the age of 82.[11]
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Awards
He was recognized by Bar Ilan University in 1989 as an Outstanding Israeli Artist.[12]
References
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