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Jacob Eisenberg

Jacob Eisenberg was an Israeli painter and ceramic artist linked to the Bezalel school, known for ceramic street signs and murals.

1893 to 1966Tel Aviv ceramic street signsMurals on the Lederberg houseHeading Bezalel's ceramics department

Born: 31 March 1893, Pinsk
Died: 6 September 1966
Occupation: painter
Education: Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts

Jacob Eisenberg was born in 1893 in Pinsk

Jacob Eisenberg was born in Pinsk, then part of Russia. His father was Shmuel Nissan. Sources give his birth year as 1893 or 1897.

He came to Jerusalem in 1913 and studied art at Bezalel from 1913 to 1919. He was then sent to Vienna, where he studied at the School for Arts and Crafts and trained in ceramics.

On his return he headed the new ceramics department at Bezalel. The department made glazed tile street signs for Jerusalem and tile works for Bialik House and the Ahad Ha'am school. He taught at the school in 1927 and 1928, and later ran the workshop with his brother-in-law Binyamin Levinson.

He made ceramic plaques and murals for early Tel Aviv buildings, including the first street signs in Hebrew, Arabic and English. His murals decorate the 1925 Lederberg house on Rothschild Boulevard. He died in 1966 and was buried at Har HaMenuchot.