The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv is hosting between November 26, 2017 – January 19, 2018, the exhibition “The Magic Brushstroke” by Israeli artist Baruch Elron (1934-2006).
The exhibition, dedicated to celebrating the National Day of Romania, is comprised of 22 medium and large size painting and graphic works created both during the artist’s university studies, as well as towards the end of his creative period. The exhibition represents a journey from the beginning until the last works in the fascinating dream-like universe of Baruch Elron, one of the most important contemporary Israeli artists of Romanian origin, representative of the fantastic realism current and disciple of the great Corneliu Baba.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on December 7, at 17:00. The program of the event will also include the launching of the first album in Romanian language about the artistic work of Baruch Elron, „Magia penelului” (The Magic Brushstroke), edited by Adrian Grauenfels and published by SAGA Association in Israel. Participants: Lydia Elron and Dr. Dalia Hakker-Orion, art critic.
The exhibition is open to the public Monday – Thursday, 10:00 - 16:00 hrs at Romanian Cultural Institute, Tel Aviv, 8 Shaul Hamelech blvd., 6th floor, as well as during the events organized at the RCI Tel Aviv gallery during this period.
Baruch Elron (1934-2006) was born in Bucharest, in a family of Sephardic Jews. He studied Painting at the Nicolae Grigorescu Fine Arts Academy in Bucharest. Among his teachers were the great artists Corneliu Baba, Ciucurencu, Steriadi and Yosef Molnar. During his student years, Elron made several study trips to Moscow, Prague and Budapest where he spent his time in the museums, studying the great masters.
In 1958, he was granted the Excellency Award at the International Art Fair of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A year later, in Moscow, he received the prize of the Moscow Youth Festival. After graduating from the academy, he began to work as a graphic artist, as a book illustrator and in advertising.
In 1960, he received the Prize for Book Illustration at the Dresden Book Fair in Germany.
In 1963, Baruch Elron moved to Israel and in 1966, Baruch Elron had his first solo exhibition in Tel Aviv, closely followed by many others: New York (1967), Montreal and Toronto (1969).
Between 1974 – 1976, he took part at the International Art Fair of Dusseldorf and Koln, in Germany. In the following years, he had solo exhibitions in almost all the biggest cities of Germany and in German museums such as The Solingen Art Museum and Gustav Lubke Museum.
He also exhibited in France, Holland, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, United States and of course in Israel among many other countries.
In 1997, he received the ACMEOR Prize for Plastic Arts and in 1998 Baruch Elron was granted the Israel Jubilee award, for artistic and cultural achievements. In 2000, he was offered the Special recognition award by the Iancolovici Foundation, in Haifa.
Between 1985 – 1994, Baruch Elron was the Chairman of the Union of Artists of Israel. He also taught painting at the Herzliya Art Musem, the Warrior’s House (where he used painting in order to psychologically treat Israel’s wounded soldiers) and at the Popular University. Retrospective exhibitions took place in Israel, Monaco, France, Romania.
In 2011 and 2012, several artworks of Baruch Elron were displayed at the International collective exhibitions “The Spirit of Art” in London and “Lights in winter” (The Archeological Museum of Jaffa, Israel ) and “Israel’s Gems”, in the U.K. In December 2011, the Third Edition of the Niram Art Cultural Awards, offered in Madrid by the Niram Art Publishing House and Art Magazine honored Baruch Elron’s life and art.
“Baruch Elron’s art is a composite language between the visible appearances of this world and the dream – the source of creativity. His art is a reflection not only of his wide cultural background, but it reflects the profound intuitive approach to what can be called creative associations.” (Dr. Miriam Or, art critic and historian)
RCI Tel Aviv would like to offer a special thanks to Adv. Lydia Elron for her strong support and invaluable assistance in organizing and promoting the exhibition.
