Menashe Kadishman (1932-2015) - Sheep (original work)

Menashe Kadishman - Sheep
Oljemålning på duk - hand signerad - 1980
Menashe Kadishman - Sheep
Akrylmålning på duk - hand signerad
Menashe Kadishman (Hebrew: מנשה קדישמן; August 21, 1932 - May 8, 2015) was an Israeli sculptor and painter.

Biography
Kadishman föddes 1932 i Palestina under det brittiska mandatet. Hans far, som var en pionjär, dog när Kadishman var 15 år. Den unge Menashe hoppade av skolan för att hjälpa sin mor med hushållsarbetet och för att tjäna pengar.[1]

In 1959, he moved to London, where he attended Saint Martin's School of Art and the Slade School of Art.[2] During 1959 and 1960 he also studied with Anthony Caro and Reg Butler.[2] He remained here until 1972; he had his first one-man show there in 1965 at the Grosvenor Gallery.

Awards
1960 the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship.[2]
1961, the Sainsbury Scholarship, London.[2]
1967 first prize for sculpture, 5th Paris Biennale.[2]
1978 Sandberg Prize recipient
1980 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship [5]
1981 Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Arts, Tel Aviv Museum Prize of the Jury
1981 Norwegian International Print Biennale, Fredrikstad.[2]
1984 Mendel Pundik Prize for Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum [6]
1990 the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture.[7]
1995 the Israel Prize, for sculpture.[6]
2002 the Honorary Fellowship Award from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[2]