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Born December 15, 1931

Died December 22, 2016 (aged 85)

Birth name Yitzhak Saar

Nationality Israel, France

The period of activity 1961 - December 22, 2016

field of creative painting

Isaac Saar (Born December 15, 1931 - passed away December 22, 2016) was an Israeli-French figurative artist.

biography

Yitzhak Sa'ar was born on December 15, 1931. He immigrated to Israel in 1948 and settled in Givat Shmuel. He enlisted in the Palmach, he fought and was wounded in the War of Independence of the State of Israel.

When he grew up, he studied art at the Grand Chaumier Academy in Paris, France and then studied art and techniques for 6 years with Zvi Meirovich.

Saar's painting style was greatly influenced by the figurative movement and he lived alternately in Israel and France.

Saar designed and built a monument to the memory of the people who fell in the battles of World War II. The monument was erected in 2005 and is located at the entrance to the city of Givat Shmuel.

Exhibitions

solo exhibitions

1961 - Yad Labanim Museum, Petah Tikva

1962 - Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

1964 - Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

1964 - Yad Labanim Museum, Petah Tikva

1965 - Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein House

1966 - Yad Labanim Museum, Petah Tikva

1967 - Old City Gallery, Jerusalem

1968 - Petah Tikva town shelter

1969 - BHD 1 Exhibition Hall

1969 - Beit Uri Varmi Museum, Ashdot Ya'akov

1971 - The Museum of Modern Art, Eilat

1971 - McDonald Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

1971 - Yad Labanim Museum, Petah Tikva

1971 - Lounge Art Gallery, Haifa

1972 - Old City Gallery, Jerusalem

1972 - Marcel Bernheim Gallery, Paris, France

1972 - Living room built, Antwerp, Belgium

1973 - Romi Goldmintz Center, Antwerp, Belgium

1973 - Jewish Cultural Center, Paris, France

1973 - Old City Gallery, Jerusalem

1973 - Lance Gallery, Antwerp

1975 - The Shack-Art Gallery, Beer Sheva

1975 - Lim Gallery, Tel Aviv

1980 - Guy Art Gallery, Tel Aviv.

Participation in group exhibitions

1965 - Autumn Exhibition, Beit Helena Rubinstein, Tel Aviv

1971 – Romi Goldminz Center, Antwerp

1971 – McDonald Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

1972 - 25th anniversary exhibition for the State of Israel, Canada

1987 - Bat-Yam Museum, Bat-Yam.

external links

Wikishare media and files on Yitzhak Saar at Wikishare

Profile on the Israel Museum website (In Hebrew)

Publication in the Givat Shmuel municipality about the monument in the traditional veterans' ceremony

For an exhibition in 1962, the National Library