Aviva Uri (; March 12, 1922 – September 1, 1989) was an Israeli painter.
Biography
Aviva Uri studied dance with
Gertrude Kraus. In 1941, she married Moshe Levin, with whom she had a daughter, Rachel. In 1943, she studied painting with
Moshe Castel, continuing with
David Hendler in 1944. She married Hendler in 1963. She cultivated an unusual appearance, wearing white face makeup and dark eye-shadow, and oversized black clothing. She deliberately falsified her age, claiming she was born in 1927. She died in
Tel Aviv in 1989.
Artistic style
Uri's expressive drawings focused on line and composition. Her abstract drawings link her to the "
Ofakim Hadashim" group, but suggest an alternative to the abstract art being created in the country: instead of oils, she created drawings on paper; instead of the professional mixing of colors, she used no coloration; instead of
Paris, she was influenced by
Japan and
China, or other individualists (
Hans Hartung). Uri's free line influenced younger artists, such as
Raffi Lavie.
[ Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish culture, (2005), Glenda Abramson]
Awards and prizes
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Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv, 1953
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Dizengoff Prize, Tel Aviv Museum, 1956
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Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1976
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Prize of the Lea Porat Council of Culture and Art, 1985
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America-Israel Cultural Foundation, 1986
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Histadrut Prize, 1989
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Gutman Prize, 1989
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