Israel Hershberg

DIRECTOR & TEACHER, JSS MASTER CLASS PROGRAM

Hershberg, “Distant Hillside, From Villa Pieve,” 2010, Oil on linen and wood, 32.8 x 32.8 cm

Israel Hershberg was born on November 7, 1948 in a Displaced Persons camp in Linz, Austria. In 1949, he emigrated to Israel and lived there until he was nine. In 1958, he immigrated to the United States where he attended the Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, New York from 1966 to 1968. In 1972, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. In 1973, he received his Master of Fine Arts, State University of New York, Albany, New York. From 1973 to 1984 he was instructor of painting and drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. In 1984, he taught painting at the New York Academy of Art, New York, New York. Israel Hershberg moved back to Israel with his wife and family in 1984. In 1991, he was awarded the Sandberg Prize for Israel Art and in 1998 the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for Israel Art. The artist is the founder and director of the Jerusalem Studio School, and lives and works in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel Hershberg recently held a solo exhibition at Marlborough Chelsea, NY in September 2009.  For a look at the high resolution images of the paintings in the show, click here.

“Aria Umbra II” 2007-2009. Oil on linen, 93 x 250.5 cm

“C-Spot- Papigno,” 2005-2006, oil on linen mounted on wood, 20.3 x 26.5 cm

“Todi From Afar” 2009. Oil on linen mounted on wood, 22.3 x 40.1 cm

“Fratta Todina No. 1,” 2003. Oil on linen mounted on wood, 14 x 26.2 cm

“Aria Umbra” 2003-2005. Oil on linen, 199 x 250 cm

“Tel Kakun” 2005-2007. Oil on linen, 250 x 68 cm

“Fratta Todina From Afar,” 2005 – 2006. Oil on linen mounted on wood, 23.1 x 26.2 cm

“A Cypress Assembly” 1999. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 20.5 x 25 cm

“Maariv” 2000. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 21.1 x 26.9 cm

“Tree-Oh” 2001. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 21.8 x 23 cm

“Cypress, City’s Edge” 2000. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 21.3 x 26.7 cm

“The Chamelion” 1997. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 33 x 26.5 cm

“Clupea Sprattus” 1992. Oil on paper mounted on board, 63.2 x 64.7 cm

“Clupea Sprattus,” detail

“Cows Tongue # 74″ 1987-1988. Oil on linen, 152.8 x 105 cm

“Cows Tongue # 74,” detail

“Stillife with Landscape and Text,” 1992. Oil on linen, 25.5 x 25.5 cm

“A Flask of Water wuth Two Lemons,” 1996. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 24 x 18 cm

“Flask,” 2003 – 2005. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 36.2 x 45.1 cm

“Nova” 1991-1992. Oil on paper mounted on wood, 35 x 39.5 cm

“Nova 2″ 1993. Oil on paper mounted on wood, 62.5 x 82 cm

“Penumbrian Bowl” 2003-2005. Oil on linen mounted on wood, 25.5 x 35.7 cm

“Itzrubal I” 1999. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 22.5 x 23.5 cm

“Grater on a Wall” 1991, Oil on linen, 38 x 54 cm

“Thorn” 1989. Pencil on paper, 73 x 58 cm

detail from “Thorn”

detail from “Thorn”

Study for Stern, 1995. Soft Vine Charcoal and pencil on paper, 94.5 x 67 cm

Study for Stern, detail