Woman in Jerusalem By Anna Ticho 1894 - 1980

Description
signed, dated 29 and inscribed "Jerusalem" (lower right)

Technique
Colored pencil and crayon on treated paper

Date Created
1929

Dimensions
48 x 31.5 cm

Provenance
Important Private Collection, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Condition
Some creases. Small taped tears in the parts hidden by the passe-partout.

Biography
Anna Ticho, Painter. b. 1894, Brno, Czechoslovakia. Immigrated 1912. Married Dr. A. Ticho, renowned opthalmologist. Studies: 1906- 1909 Art School, Vienna. Prizes: 1964 Erest Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Jerusalem; 1975 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Specialised in drawing landscapes of Jerusalem and surroundings. 1932 A founder of the New Bezalel School. 1970 Honoured as 'A Worthy of Jerusalem'. Died 1980, Jerusalem. (The Ticho's home was bequeathed to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, for use as a centre for art activities and for a permanent exhibition of Anna Ticho's work).