ITZCHAK PRESSBURGER

Personal

Born 1933 in Bratislava (Pressburg), Czechoslovakia.

Emigrates to Israel 1948 (with the “Exodus”)

Stays in Paris from 1963 – 1979

              Resident of the “Cité des Arts” 1969-1972.

Lives and works in Jerusalem since 1979.

 

Professional Education

Art school “Avni”, Tel-Aviv under professor Marcel Janco and Isi Aschheim

“Beaux-Arts” in Paris under professor Coutaud.

 

 

One-Man Exhibitions

1963    Gallery Dugit, Tel-Aviv

1968    Cultural Center Enkhuizen, Netherlands

1968    Gallery Zunini, Paris (chosen by the art critic of « Opus : Jean-Jacques Lévèque)

1970    Gallery Zunini, Paris

1973    Gallery Maitre Albert, Paris

            Cultural Center Verfeil sur Seye, France

1974        Gallery Maitre Albert, Paris

1976    Gallery Mundo, Barcelone

1980    Artists’ House, Jerusalem

1981    Gallery Alain Gerard, Paris

 

Group Exhibitions

1966    Rathaus Charlottenburg, Berlin. (The first show of Israeli painters in Germany)

            Artists Center of Silvarouvres, Nantes, France

            XXXth Salon of Finances at “l’Hotel des Monnaies”, Paris

1969    Maison de Culture, Le Havre, France

1968    Gallery Zunini, Paris (chosen by the art critic of « Opus : Jean-Jacques Lévèque)

            Salon « Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui », Paris

            Museum of Fine Arts, Nantes, France

            Cultural Center Vitry, France

            Gallery Il Giorno, Milan

            Cité des Arts, Paris

1972    Salon “Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui”, Paris

            Salon de Mai, Paris

            Cité des Arts, Paris

1973    Städtische Galerie, Siegen, Germany

1974    Jewish Cultural Center, Paris

            Publicis, Paris

1975    Salon de Mai, Paris                                                                                

1975    Réalitiés Nouvelles, Paris

1976    Salon de Mai, Paris

            Salon de “Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui”, Paris

1977    “Perspectives Israeliennes”, Grand Palais, Paris

1981    Salon Alain Gerard, Paris

1984    Artists’ House, Jerusalem

 

 

Publication

1990    Haggadah Yom Kippour (Hebrew/French)

            Abraham Bliah (private edition), Paris

            The first time the Avoda of Yom Kippour (the Holy Day ritual) in the

            ancient Temple has been illustrated in modern terms.

 

Acquisitions

1968    The City of Paris

1972    The State of France

 

 

Private Collections

Israel

Austria

France

Germany

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States