Aryeh Azan (b. 1934)

Aryeh Azan was born in 1934 in Germany and immigrated to Eretz Israel that same year with his family. During 1950-1978 he lived on Kibbutz Tzova. Afterwards he moved to Jerusalem. His early work had an avant-garde nature. In the 1980s he took on a traditional figurative painting style.

Education
1948-1951 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1951-1952 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1957-1958 Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, France

Solo exhibition (selection)
1965 Rina Gallery, New York, USA
1973 Drawings, Mabat Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1975 Paintings and Drawings 1974-75, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1975 Artists’ House, Jerusalem
1996 Arie Azene – Recent Works, Mayanot Gallery, Jerusalem
2014 Quartets, Chamber paintings, The Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem
2018 Reflection: Aesthetics of Coexistence, The Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem

Group exhibitions (selection in the field of print)
1981 Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center, Israel Museum, Jerusalem