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Avraham Ofek (August 14, 1935 – January 14, 1990) was an Israeli sculptor, muralist, painter and printmaker. Born in Burgas, Bulgaria, he immigrated to Israel in 1949, where he lived in Ein Hamifratz, a kibbutz near Haifa. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, as well as in Spain and in London, and later taught art in Jerusalem before being appointed head of the Art Department at the University of Haifa. He was one of the founders of the Levitan group of artists, and he exhibited internationally, receiving many prizes and representing Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1972. Avraham Ofek's early paintings contained portrayals of landscape that were at once lyrical and rugged; later in his career, most depictions of the landscape appeared as undefined and receded into the background. Near the end of his life, however, the actual landscape of Jerusalem returned to assume an important role in Ofek's work, this time embodied in images that reflect the loss and despair that engulfed the artist. Many of Ofek's landscapes are laden with a sense of alienation and solitude, as well as nostalgia for the city of his birth, Sofia. His murals can be seen across Israel, notably at Kfar Uria and the Central Post Office Building (Jerusalem). His sculpture "The Binding of Isaac" is on view at the entrance to Safra Square. In 1989 the Jerusalem Print Workshop issued a collection of reproductions of his prints edited by Uri Katz, with commentary in Hebrew and English. ==Gallery== Image:Ofek Untitled 1958.JPG|Untitled, 1958 Israel Museum Collection Image:Ofek, avraham the russian compound b63 12 3440.jpg|Jerusalem, the Russian Compound, 1963 Israel Museum Collection B63.12.3440 Image:Tefen0017.JPG|Homage to Asher, 1966 stone Tefen Open Museum File:Avraham Ofek1970a.jpg|Part of a Muriel, 1970 Kfar Uria File:Avraham Ofek1970.jpg|Part of a Muriel, 1970 Kfar Uria File:Jerusalem Central Post Office interior.jpg|Part of a Muriel, 1977 Jerusalem Central Post Office File:Ofek gan harakevet 003.jpg|Hailek Ben Shachar, 1982 stone Gan Hrakevet, Arlozorof straat, Tel Aviv-Yaffo file:Akedat izhak.JPG|Binding of Isaac, 1986 stone Safra Square, Jerusalem Image:'Stone', Jerusalem stone sculpture by Avraham Ofek, 1987, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.jpg|Stone, 1987 sandblasting on Jerusalem stone Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel File:Avraham Ofek Haifa Uni 5.JPG|Part of a Mural, 1988 University of Haifa File:Avraham Ofek Haifa Uni 3.JPG|Part of a Mural, 1988 University of Haifa 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avraham Ofek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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