Yechiel Shemi (1922-2003)

Education
1937-38 Reali High School, Haifa
1959-1961 Advanced studies, Paris, France
1941 Advanced studies in sculpture with Itzhak Danziger, Tel Aviv
1940s Studied sculpture with Chaim Gross, New York, USA

Awards And Prizes
1954 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
1966 Milo Club Prize
1981 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1986 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Sculpture
2000 The Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo