Yeshayahu Sheinfeld

Yeshayau Sheinfeld (Scheinfeld)
Born (1909-04-08)April 8, 1909
Bassarabia
Died April 1, 1979(1979-04-01) (aged 69)
Ramat Gan
Israel
Nationality Israeli
Education Self Taught
Known for Painting
Movement Naïve Art

Yeshayau Sheinfeld (Scheinfeld) (1909–1979) was an Israeli painter and industrialist who is listed as one of the Founders and Builders of Israel.[1] He was born in Bassarabia and in 1929 he came to the stark presence of the Mandate Palestine. He first reside in Magdiel but in 1941 left to the neighborhood of Petach Tikva where he found employment as a stone cutter and a road worker. In 1947 he established his own stone cutting factory which for days became one of the biggest quarries in Israel, producing thousands of tons of aggregates daily to the Israeli construction and road industry.

Painting career

It was only in 1969 when the sixty years old Scheinfeld first took up a brush and applied color to paper. In his first year, unwilling to reveal the need for self-expression, Scheinfeld worked surreptitiously in the early mornings or late nights - when no one was about.

Just a year later, in 1970, after a successful group exhibition in the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, it became clear that Scheinfeld is one of the striking artists to figure in the local Naïve Self Taught art. Although his usual subject matter was the scenery of the land of Israel, Scheinfeld introduced the landscape using a mosaic pattern, something that had become his unique artistic signature. While Scheinfeld’s favorite mediums were tempera and ink on board, he also worked in various other mediums including acrylic on canvas and board, etching with hand painted colors, mixed media collage and even weaving.

Between 1971 and 1975 Scheinfeld has gained a wide international recognition and his artworks have been exhibited not only in Israel, but also around Europe and North and South America. In 1975 Scheinfeld’s colorful pen and ink artwork ‘Aqueduct’ was awarded to feature in UNICEF’s New Year Round collection.[2]

Although Scheinfeld had only a short ten-year career as an artist, in 2004 he was awarded by INSITA, the International Triennial congress of the Naïve self-thought Art, to be one of the four exceptional artists who played a major role in the international context of 20th century art.[3]

Collections

Exhibitions

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References

  1. ↑ David Tidhar. "5602 - Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel". tourolib.org.
  2. ↑ "The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  3. ↑ Insita 2004 - The International Triennale of Naive Art
  4. ↑ "De Stadshof » Scheinfeld, Yeshayahu". De Stadshof.
  5. ↑ "Naïve Art". sng.sk.
  6. ↑ Musee d’Art spontane Collection
  7. ↑ "MovE". museuminzicht.be.
  8. ↑ Museum of La Creation Franche Begles Collection
  9. ↑ "Countryside Landscape by Yeshayahu Scheinfeld - GINA Gallery of International Naive Art". GINA - Gallery of International Naive Art.
  10. ↑ "Yeshayahu Sheinfeld". magnes.org.
  11. ↑ "Ben Uri Gallery - Historic exhibitions". benuri.org.uk.
  12. ↑ "The National Library of Israel". Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
  13. ↑ "G A L E R I E S.N L". artnet.nu.
  14. ↑ "G A L E R I E S.N L". artnet.nu.
  15. ↑ INSITA 2004
  16. ↑ "Petting Corner". Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
  17. ↑ "SNG online". sng.sk.
  18. ↑ "Etchings, Scratches and Scars - Changing Representations of the Israeli Soldier". Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
  19. ↑ Visions Orientales Exposition d'Adib Fattal et Yeshayahu Scheinfeld
  20. ↑ "Sea, Sail & a Boat". Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
  21. ↑ "Fracture". Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
  22. ↑ "Urban Legend". Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
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