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Israel Hershberg

Israel Hershberg is an Israeli figurative painter who founded the Jerusalem Studio School in 1998.

born 1948Figurative paintingFounding the Jerusalem Studio SchoolThe 1991 Sandberg Prize

Born: 7 November 1948, Linz
Occupation: painter
Education: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Museum Art School, State University of New York
Founded: The Jerusalem Studio School (1998)

Israel Hershberg was born in 1948 in Linz

Israel Hershberg was born on November 7, 1948, in a displaced persons camp in Linz, Austria. He came to Israel in 1949. In 1958 he moved with his parents to the United States.

He studied at the Brooklyn Museum School from 1966 to 1968. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in 1972 and a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Albany in 1973.

From 1973 to 1984 he taught painting and drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 1984 he taught at the New York Academy of Art, and that year he moved to Israel with his family.

In 1998 he founded the Jerusalem Studio School, a private school in Talpiot that teaches figurative drawing and painting, and he serves as its artistic director. In 2014 he founded a summer art program in Civita Castellana, Italy. His work is held by the Israel Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum in New York and the National Gallery of Canada.