Nachum Gutman (as he himself signed; alternate romanisation : Nahum Gutman; Hebrew : נחום גוטמן : October 5, 1898 – November 28, 1980) was a Moldovan-born Israeli painter , sculptor , and author.
6-584: Nachum Gutman was born in Teleneşti , Bessarabia Governorate , then a part of the Russian Empire (now in the Republic of Moldova ). He was the fourth child of Sim[c]ha Alter and Rivka Gutman. His father was a Hebrew writer and educator who wrote under the pen name S. Ben Zion [ he ] . In 1903, the family moved to Odessa , and two years later, to Ottoman Palestine . In 1908, Gutman attended
12-641: The Herzliya Gymnasium in what would later become Tel Aviv . In 1912, he studied at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem . In 1920–26, he studied art in Vienna , Berlin and Paris. Gutman was married to Dora, with whom he had a son. After Gutman's death in 1980, Dora asked two Tel Aviv gallery owners, Meir Stern of Stern Gallery and Miriam Tawin of Shulamit Gallery , to appraise the value all of
18-575: The Shalom Tower and the Chief Rabbinate building. A mosaic fountain with scenes from the early days of Tel Aviv and biblical stories connected to Jaffa (inscribed with 3 Bible verses: Jeremiah 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:16, Jonah 1:3), stood for 32 years at the end of Bialik Street, opposite the old Tel Aviv municipality building. In 2012 this mosaic fountain was reinstalled at the southern end of Rothschild Boulevard. Gutman's artistic style
24-456: The north of the capital city, Chișinău . Telenești is the administrative center of the eponymous district . Three villages are administered by the city: Mihălașa, Mihălașa Nouă and Izvoraș. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,855, 89 percent of whom were Moldovan . Before World War II, the town had an important Jewish population. The Cathedral of St. Elijah from Telenești is one of the newest representative architectural monument. Țurcan Vasile
30-463: The works left in his estate. Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, moving away from the European influences of his teachers. He worked in many different media: oils , watercolours , gouache and pen and ink . His sculptures and brightly colored mosaics can be seen in public places around Tel Aviv. Indoor murals depicting the history of Tel Aviv can be seen in the western wing of
36-551: Was eclectic, ranging from figurative to abstract. Gutman was also a well-known writer and illustrator of children's books. Gutman received many art and literary prizes: The Nachum Gutman Museum, showcasing the artist's work, was established in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Telene%C5%9Fti Telenești ( Romanian pronunciation: [teleˈneʃtʲ] ) is a city in Moldova , located 91 kilometres to
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