ARTIST

Yosl Bergner

1920–2017 · Israel

Yosl Bergner, an Israeli painter, transformed everyday kitchen tools into poignant allegories reflecting a world shaped by conflict and memory.

ABOUT

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. == Biography == Yosl 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 Ju…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Elisabeth Bergner 1935 · Art Institute of Chicago Seamstress 1943 · National Gallery of Victoria By the Sea 1962 · Israel Museum Pumpkins National Gallery of Australia Portrait of Edie 1939 · National Gallery of Victoria The village on fire 1940 · National Gallery of Victoria
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