Avigdor Stematsky אביגדור סטמצקי | |
|---|---|
 Stematsky in 1977 | |
| Born | 1908 (1908) |
| Died | 1989 (aged 80–81) |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Education | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Histadrut Art Studio Académie de la Grande Chaumière Académie Colarossi |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Israeli art |
Avigdor Stematsky (Hebrew:אביגדור סטמצקי; 1908–1989) was a Russian-born Israeli painter. He is considered one of the pioneers of Israeliabstract art.[1]
Stematsky was born in 1908 inOdessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa,Ukraine). He studied underIsaac Frenkel Frenel in theHistadrut Art Studio. He joined the Massad group inTel Aviv.[2] Following the advice ofFrenkel, he was among those students of Frenkel who left forParis to further their studies. He did so in 1929, when he went to study at theAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière andAcadémie Colarossi.
He was one of the founders of theNew Horizons group.[3] He held his first solo exhibition at theTel Aviv Museum of Art at the age of 31.[4] In the constellation of Israel art, Stematsky andYehezkiel Streichman stand out as a pair. Although each developed his own distinct, individual style, there are many points of affinity between them: a common background as students ofBezalel in the 1920s, a response to the influences of the JewishSchool of Paris in the 1930s, and of the "modern" (late cubist) art in the 1940s and fifties, when they were also leading teachers in Tel Aviv.
