Modern Art: A Unique Chanukkiyah of gilt brass, by the Foremost Israeli Artist Moshe Zabari. Israel, 20th C.

Modern Art: A Unique Chanukkiyah of gilt brass, by the Foremost Israeli Artist Moshe Zabari. Israel, 20th C.

Moshe Zabari, a foremost Israeli Judaica artist and graduate of the Bezalel Academy, was born in Jerusalem in 1935.

Zabari studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design from 1955-1958.

In 1961 Zabari was invited by The Jewish Museum New York to serve as a visiting artist in the Tobe Pascher Workshop. He remained there as artist-in-residence for nearly thirty years, and served as its director from 1981-1988.

Zabari is known for his elegant merging of contemporary art and traditional Judaica, always ensuring that his objects remain functional for ritual use. Many of his works, particularly his sculptures, present biblical interpretations. He has received numerous and varied commissions over the course of his long and successful career, including architectural installations, environmental sculptures, Torah ornaments and ceremonial objects for synagogues and museums.

Zabari has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including:

1958 Sonneborn Prize, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

1959 Yad Vashem Prize, Jerusalem, First Prize, International Competition

1969 First Prize, Sixth Biennial National Religious Art Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1981 Citation of Merit, The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association, Outdoor Sculpture of the Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles, Calif., USA

1990 Jesselson Prize for Contemporary Judaica Design, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2015 Honored with a Retrospective and the Jerusalem Biennale

42x31x19 cm.