Culture
Famous Artists from Israel
List of the most popular artists from Israel, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries artists have been among the world's most important people, helping chronicle history and keep us entertained with one of the earliest forms of entertainment. Whether they're known for painting, sculpting, etching or drawing, the famous Israeli artists on this list have kept that tradition alive by creating renowned pieces of art that have been praised around the world. You can find useful information below about these notable Israeli artists, such as when they were born and where their place of birth was.
List artists include Hannah Yakin, Shimshon Holzman and more.
This list answers the questions, "Which famous artists are from Israel?" and "Who are the most well-known Israeli artists?"
For further information on these historic Israeli artists, click on their names. If you're a fine art lover use this list of celebrated Israeli artists to discover some new paintings that you will enjoy.- Composition with Red Arrow
- Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
- Associated periods or movements: Art Nouveau, Post-Impressionism, Dada, Art Deco, Cubism
- Nationality: Israel, Romania
- Art Forms: Collage, Fresco, Relief, Ceramic art, Painting
Marcel Janco was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. In the 1910s, he ...more - The Sea of Galilee, An Old Jew, Old Man
- Birthplace: Galați, Sud-Est, Romania
- Nationality: Israel
- Art Forms: Painting
Reuven Rubin (Hebrew: ראובן רובין; November 13, 1893 – October 13, 1974) was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. - Helmar Lerski (18 February 1871, Strasbourg - 19 September 1956, Zürich) was a photographer who laid some of the important foundations of modern photography. His works are on display in the USA, ...more
- Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American actor and painter. He appeared in more than 200 television series, films, and plays in a career spanning over 50 years, beginning ...more
- Paul Hartal (born 1936) is a Canadian painter and poet, born in Szeged, Hungary. He has created the term "Lyrical Conceptualism" to characterize his style in both painting and poetry, and has ...more
- Tal Rosner (born in Jerusalem, 9 June 1978) is a London-based Israeli filmmaker and video artist.
- Amos Kenan (Hebrew: עמוס קינן), also Amos Keinan, (May 2, 1927 – August 4, 2009) was an Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist.
- Maurice Ascalon (Hebrew: מוריס אשקלון; 1913–2003) was an Israeli designer and sculptor. He was, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern Israeli decorative arts movement. Maurice ...more
- Shraga Weil (Hebrew: שרגא ווייל; September 24, 1918 – February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter.
- Ami James (Hebrew: עמי ג'יימס; born April 6, 1972) is an Israeli-American tattoo artist, television personality and entrepreneur
- Leo Kahn (Hebrew: ליאון כהן; 1894–1983) was a German-Israeli painter.
- Yael Bartana (Hebrew: יעל ברתנא; born 1970, Kfar Yehezkel, Israel) is an Israeli artist working in film, installation and photography. Her film trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned was shown at the ...more
- David Avidan (Hebrew: דוד אבידן) (February 21, 1934 – May 11, 1995) was an Israeli "poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist, and playwright" (as he often put it). He wrote 20 published books of Hebrew ...more
- Hannah Yakin (born Hannah van Hulst; 3 March 1933, in Amsterdam) is an Israeli artist. During World War II, Hannah developed her artistic talents, experiencing "happy times in which necessity bore ...more
- Mordechai Geldman (Hebrew: מרדכי גלדמן; b. 1946) is an Israeli poet, artist, and psychologist
- Joshua Neustein (born 1940) is a contemporary visual artist. He lives and works in New York City. He is known primarily for his Conceptual Art, environmental installations, Land Art, Ash Cities, and ...more
- Hanoch Piven (born August 21, 1963 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Israeli mixed media artist best known for his celebrity caricatures.
- Trade Fairs Center, Neve Tzedek, Arab Boy Playing the Flute
- Birthplace: Telenești, Moldova
- Nationality: Israel
- Art Forms: Painting
Nachum Gutman (as he himself signed; alternate romanisation: Nahum Gutman; Hebrew: נחום גוטמן: October 5, 1898 – November 28, 1980) was an Israeli painter, sculptor, and author. 
Spielberg's List- Birthplace: Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
- Nationality: Israel
Omer Fast (born in Jerusalem, Israel 1972) is an Israeli video artist. He is represented by James Cohan Gallery and gb agency and lives in Berlin.- Shimon Tzabar (5 March 1926 in Tel Aviv – 19 March 2007 in London) was a member of the editorial board of Israel Imperial News. He described himself as a "Hebrew-speaking Palestinian".The son of ...more
- Mordecai Ardon (Hebrew: מרדכי ארדון, July 13, 1896 – June 18, 1992) was an Israeli painter.
- Buky Schwartz (pronounced BOO-kie) (Hebrew: בוקי שוורץ; June 16, 1932 – September 1, 2009) was an Israeli sculptor and video artist.
- Isidor Ascheim (Hebrew: איזידור אשהיים; 1891-1968) was a German-born Israeli painter and printmaker.
- Tel Aviv Bus Bombing, October 19
- Birthplace: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Nationality: Israel
Ziv Koren (born July 13, 1970) (Hebrew: זיו קורן) is an Israeli photojournalist, a Canon EMEA ambassador and a representative of "Polaris Images" photo agency. Koren is most noted for documenting ...more - Joseph Kossonogi (Hebrew: יוסף קוסונוגי; born 1908, died 1981) (also Yosef Kossonogy) was an Israeli painter.
