Leo Roth
Leo Roth (Hebrew ליאו רוט, as Lior Roth known) ( born May 17, 1914 in Galicia, Austria - Hungary, † 25 December 2002 Afikim, Israel) was an Israeli painter.
Early years
Leo Roth was born in the Jewish agricultural village Tismanitza in the then Austro-Hungarian Galicia. 1920 the family moved to Duisburg in Germany. 1930 Roth enrolled in art school Hamborn and began with Josef double box, a student, founded in 1928 " Folkwang Technical School for Design " and brother of Franz dual field, his training as a painter. In 1933, he immigrated to Palestine, where he soon joined the Hashomer Hatzair. He lived briefly in Tel -Aviv, but soon moved to the kibbutz Afikim near the Sea of Galilee, where he started as a shepherd contributed to the livelihood of the community.
Life's work
Following on his training in Hamborn Roth initially designed the dining room of the kibbutz and took over the artistic design of marketed products from the kibbutz. Finally, his artwork became more and more respect, and so he was awarded his own studio after a few years from the kibbutz. 1940 Roth was a member of the Palestine Art Society. In 1951 he studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des beaux -arts, and visited in the 1950s repeatedly Italy, where he worked in Ferrara and Florence employed preferably with frescoes and other techniques of mural painting. 1947 many of his works were destroyed in a fire at the studios. In the early 1950s Roth was one of the founders of an art school, the kibbutz movement, was appointed its director and taught in painting.
Formally, his work is influenced by Cubism, content outweigh colorfully illustrated scenes from the Old Testament and themes from the early days of the State of Israel. There are so far in common with the work of his countryman, born in Essen Naftali Bezem. Some of the not influenced by Cubism works Roths also remember the Marc Chagall.
Among the students Roth also scored the German artist Ari Nahor. 1951 designed Roth on his 25th anniversary in Afikim outer surfaces of farm buildings of the kibbutz and the equipment of the kibbutz theater. 1975, addressed the kibbutz up a permanent exhibition of his works.
Media
Exhibitions
In addition to Israel presented his paintings Roth, among others in the United States, Mexico, Spain, Holland, Sweden and Denmark in the following solo exhibitions from:
Awards
In 1959 Roth the Jordan Valley Arts - Award of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of the kibbutz movement.
Family
Leo Roth's father was David Roth, a Hebrew teacher, his mother's name was Rivka n י e Sobol. Leo Roth 1935 was his mother, joined by his brothers and his sister from Germany to Afikim. In 1938 he married Mania Fogelman from Riga. The couple had two children: the sons of David ( Dudu, 1940-1979 ) and Zally (b. 1947). His wife died in February, himself on December 25, 2002., The Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman said in Roth's funeral, Roth was one of the most important artists of Israel.