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An Old Olive Grove by Arieh Allweil

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An Old Olive Grove by Arieh Allweil
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Description
An Old Olive Grove, signed (lower left)

Technique
Oil on wood

Dimensions
50 x 65 cm

Condition
Good

Biography
Arieh Allweil. b. 1901, Galicia. Immigrated 1920. Studies: 1921-25 Art Academy, Vienna; Dresden Academy. Teaching: In Israel, art. Prizes: Received Dizengoff Prize twice; 1955 Turov Prize for Bible Illustrations. Published series of linoleum cuts of Israeli and Biblical subjects, also illustrated a Passover Haggada and large scale murals of Holocaust. From 1952 until his death lived in Tel Aviv and in Safed in summer. Died 1967, Safed.