Harry Baron

Harry Baron was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv

Harry Baron was born on January 21, 1944, and grew up in Tel Aviv. His family was among the founders of the city and took part in the seashell lottery for the plots of today's Neve Tzedek neighborhood.

He studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he later became a professor of sculpture. He held solo exhibitions of his paintings and drawings from 1962 onward.

In 1980, during a long recovery from paralysis that affected his whole body, he created "The Family." The bronze work shows a mother and father lifting their child, with a relief based on a drawing by his daughter Inbal. In 1985 he began heading the sculpture department at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv.

He founded the Israeli Sculptors Workshop in Kfar Shmaryahu and a workshop for advanced technology in the arts in Berlin. His works stand in public spaces in Jerusalem, Caesarea, Eilat, Herzliya, Zikhron Ya'akov, Europe and the United States. His 2020 exhibition "Threshold of Reality" opened in Tel Aviv and was later shown in Tbilisi and Germany.

He is married to the writer Batya Baron, and they have 2 daughters, Inbal and Yael.