Yosl Bergner (Hebrew: יוסל ברגנר; 13 October 1920 – 18 January 2017), also known as Josl, was an Israeli painter. He was born in Vienna, Austria, grew up in Warsaw, Poland, lived in Melbourne, Australia from 1937 until 1948, when he moved to Israel.
In this way the Bergner family moved to Australia. Yosl emigrated to Australia in 1937[1] and studied in the National Gallery School in Melbourne until the outbreak of World War II. He served for four and a half years in the Australian Army, and later continued his studies at the Art School.
In Melbourne from 1937–48, Bergner befriended many of the local artists who now epitomize modern Australian art: Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, John Perceval and Arthur Boyd.[2] Adrian Lawlor moved with his wife to a cottage at Warrandyte, an outer suburb of Melbourne, where they lived for 30 years. Bergner was a frequent visitor at their Warrandyte home. All the men socialized together. Bergner encouraged them to go beyond their traditional landscape style and introduced a more radical concern for working families, thus having an important impact on Australian art.
Bergner may not have been prepared for the plight of many struggling Australians. Yet he felt a strong connection between the suffering of people everywhere, whether they were the Jews that he remembered from Europe, landless blacks in the heart of Australia or hungry children in inner urban Melbourne.
He left Australia in 1948 and after two years of traveling and exhibiting in Paris, Montreal and New York City, he settled in Israel.[1][3] He lived in Safed, where he encouraged and befriended artist Shalom Moskovitz.[4] In 1957, he moved to Tel Aviv with his wife, the artist Audrey Bergner.[3][5][6]
Worksedit
Bergner designed scenery and costumes for the Yiddish and Hebrew theatres, particularly for the plays of Nisim Aloni, and has illustrated many books. The acme of Bergner's paintings is his allegorical works; he uses kitchen tools such as squashed pots, oil lamps, wrecks and cracked jugs and he anthropomorphizes them. These old instruments symbolize distorted and poor world of wars, secrets and darkness. one of his student was Nurit Shany, a painter and a multidisciplinary Israeli artist.
Awardsedit
In 1956, Bergner was a co-recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for painting.[7]
Frank Klepner (January 2004). Yosl Bergner: Art as a Meeting of Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan Australia. ISBN978-1-876832-92-6. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
Webberley, Helen "How Australian was Yosl Bergner?", Limmud Oz Conference, Sydney, 2007.
External linksedit
"Yosl Bergner". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
Yosl Bergner collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved February 2012.
The Dan Gallery has been the official and exclusive representative of the artist Yosl Bergner
Yosl Bergner: Artworks at the National Gallery of Victoria (59)
January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Yosl Bergner news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2007 Learn how and when to remove this message Yosl Bergner Hebrew יוסל ברגנר 13 October 1920 18 January 2017 also known as Josl was an Israeli painter He was born in Vienna Austria grew up in Warsaw Poland lived in Melbourne Australia from 1937 until 1948 when he moved to Israel Yosl BergnerBorn13 October 1920Vienna AustriaDied18 January 2017 2017 01 18 aged 96 Tel Aviv IsraelNationalityIsraeliKnown forPainting drawing Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksBiography editYosl Bergner was born in Vienna Austria in 1920 and grew up in Warsaw Poland With rampant anti Semitism in Europe the Freeland League for Jewish Territorial Colonization was formed in the United States in July 1935 to search for a potential Jewish homeland Soon afterwards a pastoral firm in Australia offered the League about 16 500 square kilometres 6 400 sq mi in the Kimberleys stretching from the north of Western Australia into the Northern Territory As history showed the plans went nowhere But for a time the Australian idea was at least worth considering Bergner s father Melech Ravitch became involved in a serious investigation of the Kimberley Plan In this way the Bergner family moved to Australia Yosl emigrated to Australia in 1937 1 and studied in the National Gallery School in Melbourne until the outbreak of World War II He served for four and a half years in the Australian Army and later continued his studies at the Art School In Melbourne from 1937 48 Bergner befriended many of the local artists who now epitomize modern Australian art Sidney Nolan Albert Tucker John Perceval and Arthur Boyd 2 Adrian Lawlor moved with his wife to a cottage at Warrandyte an outer suburb of Melbourne where they lived for 30 years Bergner was a frequent visitor at their Warrandyte home All the men socialized together Bergner encouraged them to go beyond their traditional landscape style and introduced a more radical concern for working families thus having an important impact on Australian art Bergner may not have been prepared for the plight of many struggling Australians Yet he felt a strong connection between the suffering of people everywhere whether they were the Jews that he remembered from Europe landless blacks in the heart of Australia or hungry children in inner urban Melbourne He left Australia in 1948 and after two years of traveling and exhibiting in Paris Montreal and New York City he settled in Israel 1 3 He lived in Safed where he encouraged and befriended artist Shalom Moskovitz 4 In 1957 he moved to Tel Aviv with his wife the artist Audrey Bergner 3 5 6 Works editBergner designed scenery and costumes for the Yiddish and Hebrew theatres particularly for the plays of Nisim Aloni and has illustrated many books The acme of Bergner s paintings is his allegorical works he uses kitchen tools such as squashed pots oil lamps wrecks and cracked jugs and he anthropomorphizes them These old instruments symbolize distorted and poor world of wars secrets and darkness one of his student was Nurit Shany a painter and a multidisciplinary Israeli artist Awards editIn 1956 Bergner was a co recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for painting 7 In 1980 he was awarded the Israel Prize for painting with Anna Ticho and Pinchas Litvinovsky 8 See also editPainting the Town Documentary film about Bergner List of Israel Prize recipientsReferences edit a b Yosl BERGNER Artists NGV www ngv vic gov au Retrieved 2019 08 28 Smith Sue 1999 Arthur Boyd 1920 1999 An obituary Grafico Topico Retrieved 19 May 2013 a b Information Center for Israeli Art Yosl Bergner The Israel Museum Jerusalem museum imj org il Retrieved 2019 08 28 Haifa Museum Brings Outsider Artists Inside the World of Israeli Art The Forward 2013 04 18 Retrieved 2023 09 29 Ruth Marcus Artists Yishuv and Israel 1920 1970 in the Encyclopedia of Jewish Women Link Article Judy Maltz Once Nomadic Australian born Artist Finds Home in Tel Aviv Against All Odds Haaretz 8 March 2013 List of Dizengoff Prize laureates PDF in Hebrew Tel Aviv Municipality Archived from the original PDF on December 17 2007 Israel Prize Official Site Recipients in 1980 in Hebrew Archived from the original on 2011 07 16 Further reading editFrank Klepner January 2004 Yosl Bergner Art as a Meeting of Cultures Palgrave Macmillan Australia ISBN 978 1 876832 92 6 Retrieved 8 November 2010 Webberley Helen How Australian was Yosl Bergner Limmud Oz Conference Sydney 2007 External links edit Yosl Bergner Information Center for Israeli Art Israel Museum Retrieved 1 February 2012 Yosl Bergner collection at the Israel Museum Retrieved February 2012 Yosl Bergner at The Jewish Museum New York Yosl Bergner at the Engel Gallery The Dan Gallery has been 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