Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem, Israel. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest institution of higher education. It is named for the Biblical figure Bezalel, son of Uri, who was appointed by Moses to oversee the design and construction of the Tabernacle. The art created by Bezalel's students and professors in the early 1900s is considered the springboard for Israeli visual arts in the 20th century.
Boris Schatz was a Lithuanian Jewish artist and sculptor who settled in Israel. Schatz, who became known as the "father of Israeli art," founded the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. After Schatz died, part of his art collection, including a famous self portrait by Dutch Master Jozef Israëls, given to him by the artist, eventually became the nucleus of the Israel Museum.
Reuven Rubin was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania.
Dan Reisinger was an Israeli graphic designer and artist.
Ze’ev Raban, born Wolf Rawicki (Ravitzki), was a leading painter, decorative artist, and industrial designer of the Bezalel school style, and was one of the founders of the Israeli art world.
The Bezalel school was an art movement in Palestine in the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods. Named for the Bezalel Art School, predecessor of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, it has been described as "a fusion of oriental art and Art Nouveau."
Micha Ullman is an Israeli sculptor and professor of art.
Shmuel Ben David (1884–1927) born in Sofia, Bulgaria was an illustrator, painter, typographer and designer affiliated with the Bezalel school, an art movement that developed in Jerusalem in the early twentieth century.
Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky was a painter and sculptor of Ukrainian-Jewish descent, he was known for his landscape paintings.
Avi Katz is a veteran Israeli illustrator and cartoonist.
Avigdor Stematsky (1908–89) was a Russian-born Israeli painter. He is considered one of the pioneers of Israeli abstract art.
Shmuel Levi was an Israeli painter.
Joram Rozov is an Israeli artist. He was a professor of art at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Mosh Kashi is an Israeli painter and artist. Senior Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. In his works, Kashi raises issues that deals with painting in the contemporary era. Kashi's art has been exhibited in Israel and worldwide. He won the Young Artist Award (1994), Artistic Achievement Award (1997) and Ministry of Education (Israel) Culture and Sport Prize (2004).
David Adika is an Israeli photographer and educator.
Jakob Eisenscher (1896–1980) was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is an Israeli artist.
Peter Jacob Maltz is an Israeli artist born in England. Maltz combines in his works of art, abstract and narrated motifs. His work deals with documentation of humanistic, theological, and political aspects in the day to day.
Adi Stern is an Israeli graphic designer, type designer, and the President of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
The Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for the Arts is an annual design award given to an Israeli decorative artist working in ceramics, glass, textiles or jewellery.
Gil Marco Shani is an Israeli painter, installation artist and educator, who lives and works in Tel Aviv.
