Leo Roth (painter)

Leo Roth ( Hebrew ליאו רוט, also known as Lior Roth) (born May 17, 1914 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary ; † December 25, 2002 in Afikim , Israel ) was an Israeli painter . Today he is one of the well-known Israeli artists.

First years

Leo Roth was born in the Jewish village of Tismanitza in the then Austro-Hungarian Galicia. In 1920 the family moved to Duisburg in Germany. In 1930 Roth enrolled at the Hamborn Art School and began his training as a painter with Josef Doppelfeld , a student at the Folkwang School of Design, founded in 1928 and brother of Franz Doppelfeld . In 1933 he immigrated to Palestine , where he soon joined the Hashomer Hatzair . He lived briefly in Tel-Aviv , but soon moved to Kibbutz Afikim near the Sea of ​​Galilee , where he initially contributed to the community's livelihood as a shepherd .

Life's work

Following on from his training in Hamborn, Roth initially designed the dining room of the kibbutz and took on the artistic design of the products marketed by the kibbutz. Eventually, his artistic work gained more and more respect, and so after a few years he was awarded his own studio by the kibbutz . In 1940 Roth became a member of the Palestine Art Society . In 1951 he studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and visited Italy several times in the 1950s , where he preferred frescoes and other wall painting techniques in Ferrara and Florence . In 1947, many of his previous works were destroyed in a fire in the studio. At the beginning of the 1950s, Roth was one of the founders of an art school of the kibbutz movement , was appointed director and taught painting.

Formally, his work is influenced by Cubism ; in terms of content, colorful scenes from the Old Testament and themes from the pioneering days of the State of Israel predominate . In this respect, there are similarities with the work of his compatriot Naftali Bezem, who was born in Essen . Some of Roth's non-Cubist works are also reminiscent of those of Marc Chagall .

The German artist Ari Nahor was one of Roth's students . In 1951, for his 25th anniversary in Afikim, Roth designed the exterior of agricultural buildings on the kibbutz and the equipment for the kibbutz theater. In 1975 the kibbutz set up a permanent exhibition of his works.

Leo (Lior) Roth 1975, Kibbutz Afikim, Israel.

media

Leo (Lior) Roth 1998, Kibbutz Afikim, Israel.

• In 1963 the Kibbutz Afikim released an album with works by Leo Roth.
• A catalog of his works followed in 1973 with an introduction by Marcel van Jole.
• 1989 another catalog with paintings, drawings and etchings by Leo Roth.
• 2009 Roth appears as the central character in the book ha'baita (Eng. Home) by Assaf Inbari .

Exhibitions

In addition to Israel, Roth exhibited his paintings in the United States, Mexico, Spain, Holland, Sweden and Denmark in the following solo exhibitions:

• 1950 Katz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 1956 Mishkan Le'Omanut Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel
• 1957 Yad Lebanim Museum of Art, Petach Tikva, Israel
• 1957 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
• 1958 Tzvi House, Ramat Gan, Israel
• 1961 Laufer Gallery, Tiberius, Israel
• 1962 Uri and Rami Nehushtan Museum, Ashdot Ya'akov, Israel
• 1964 Charlottenburg Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1964 Norgs Gallery, Karlstadt, Sweden
• 1965 Hertzel Institute, New York, USA
• 1965 Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA
• 1965 Galerias CDI, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1965 San José, Costa Rica
• 1967 Centro Israelita, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1967 Gallery Lim, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 1968 Gallery de Kuyl, Netherlands
• 1969 Kibbutz Afikim, Israel
• 1972 Traklin Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel
• 1980 Uri and Rami Nehushtan Museum, Ashdot Ya'akov, Israel
• 1980 Wilfrid Museum, Hazorea, Israel
• 1980 Weizman Gallery, Be'er Sheva, Israel
• 1981 Hermenegildo, Seville, Spain
• 1991 Galeria 2 Arcos, Madrid, Spain
• 1992 Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem, Israel
• 1994 Yad Lebanim, Tiberius, Israel
• 1997 Machanayim Gallery, Machanayim, Israel
• 2000 Mishkan Le'Omanut Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel

Awards

In 1959, Roth received the Jordan Valley Arts Prize from the Association of Painters and Sculptors of the Kibbutz Movement.

family

Leo Roth's father was David Roth, a Hebrew teacher, his mother's name was Rivka n י e Sobol. In 1935 Leo Roth had his mother, his brothers and his sister come to Afikim from Germany. In 1938 he married Mania Fogelman from Riga. The couple had two children: sons David (Dudu, 1940–1979) and Zally (born 1947). His wife died in February and he himself died on December 25, 2002. The Israeli sculptor Menashe Kadishman said at Roth's funeral that Roth was one of Israel's most important artists.

Web links

• Kibbutz Afikim: Life and Work of Leo Roth
• Leo Roth Information Center for Israeli Art: Life and Work of Leo Roth
• Soussana Fine Art Graphic Collection: Life and Work of Leo Roth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Claudia C. Müller: Jakob Nussbaum (1873 - 1936) - A Frankfurt painter in the field of tension between styles , Waldemar Kramer Verlag Gm, 2002, ISBN 9783782905220 , p. 240
2. ^ Church of St. Elisabeth in Neuss-Reuschenberg: Work by Josef Doppelfeld  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ List of German and Austrian priests persecuted by the National Socialists: Franz Doppelfeld
4. ^ Ari Nahor - website of the artist
5. ↑ The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature: Portrait of Assaf Inbari ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.