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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ben David, Shmuel 20th-century Bulgarian male artists 20th-century Bulgarian artists Académie Julian alumni Israeli artists Academic staff of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bulgarian Jews in Israel 1884 births 1927 deaths
Shmuel Ben David (; 1884–1927), born in Sofia, Bulgaria
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, was an illustrator, painter, typographer and designer affiliated with the Bezalel school
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, an art movement that developed in Jerusalem
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in the early twentieth century.
Biography
Shabat Menachem Davidov (later Shmuel Ben David) studied under Boris Schatz at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. In 1906, heimmigrated
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to Palestine and enrolled at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts established by Schatz in Jerusalem. Ben David was the first Bezalel student to become a teacher there. He taught in the Tapestry Department and devoted much of his artistic endeavor to research and design of Hebrew typography; his preoccupation with the Hebrew alphabet brought forth an extensive lexicon of ornamentation.
In 1912, the artist traveled to Paris and continued his art studies at the Academie Julian and left a collection of sketch books. In 1920 Ben David was one of the founders of the ''Agudat Omanim Ivrit'' (Association of Hebrew Artists). He organized the Association's first exhibition and was its first chairman. Around 1923, Ben David produced a unique copy of an illuminated Scroll of Esther
Esther (; ), originally Hadassah (; ), is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and ma ...
, made of parchment.
Ben David died in Jerusalem in 1927 and was buried in the Mount of Olives Cemetery./ref>
See also
*Visual arts in Israel
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References
External links
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Artworks by Shmuel Ben David on Mutualart
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ben David, Shmuel 20th-century Bulgarian male artists 20th-century Bulgarian artists Académie Julian alumni Israeli artists Academic staff of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bulgarian Jews in Israel 1884 births 1927 deaths