Efrat Natan

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Efrat Natan
Born1947
Kfar Ruppin, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityIsraeli
EducationStudied with Raffi Lavie
Known forPainting

Efrat Natan is an Israeli artist.

Biography[]

Efrat Natan was born and grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Beit She'an Valley.[1] She studied with Raffi Lavie. Her art was influenced by life on the kibbutz and utopian ideals.[2] [3] Her sculpture "Swing of the Scythe" (2002) is in the permanent exhibition of the Israel Museum. Composed of scythes arranged in a circle, the work draws on Natan's childhood memories growing up on a kibbutz as well as the myth of the Zionist pioneer, symbolizing the renewed relationship between the Jews and the land.[4]

Swing of the Scythe Sculpture, 2002

Awards and recognition[]

  • 1979 Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2002 Prize to Encourage Creativity, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
  • 2006 Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport Prize
  • 2006 Ministry of Education Prize for the Fine Arts
  • 2009: Mifal Hapayis Prize for the Fine Arts

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Efrat Natan: Tar and Lime
  2. ^ Zalmona, Yigal, 100 Years of Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2010
  3. ^ Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina (ed.), Modernism in Dialogue: 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture in the Israel Museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2010
  4. ^ Information Center for Israeli Art, Israel Museum

External links[]

  • Efrat Natan collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved March 2012.
  • "Efrat Natan". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved March 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  • Art of Efrat Natan at Europeana. Retrieved March 2012
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