Amiram Tamari ( he, עמירם תמרי, 22 March 1913 – 3 July 1981) was an Israeli illustrator and artist. Tamari was a

Dizengoff Prize The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture is awarded annually by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb ...

winner for painting in 1941.

Biography

Amiram Tamari was born in the spring of 1913 in

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, the son of Tzipora and Michael Tamari-Teitelman,

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. Growing up in Tel Aviv, he studied at the

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and the

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. Tamari's oil paintings focused on landscapes of

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in an abstract style. Tamari won the Dizengoff Prize for Painting in 1941. in addition, Tamari illustrated children's books published by Gadish Publishers, including the book "Hasamba Street Fighting in Gaza", which was published in 1957. He taught painting at the Levinsky College of Education and at the Dugma School in Tel Aviv. He was married to Chana née Schleselberg and had a daughter, Maya, born in 1947.

Awards and recognition

* 1941-1942 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture * 1943 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo * 1944-1945 First Prize for Painting, Egypt

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1913 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Israeli male artists Israeli illustrators Israeli children's book illustrators Israeli painters {{Israel-bio-stub Burials at South Cemetery in Israel