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Savitzky Chaim Artist Chaim Savitzky was born in the year 1907 in Baranovitz, White Russia. His childhood and teenage years were dedicated to extracurricular religious studies, during which his artistic talents were first discovered. These talents were expressed in the painting of the innocent faces of his fellow "Cheder" pupils and later on in the Yeshiva. By the age of nine, he had already accomplished the painting of the twelve Zodiac signs on the Baranovitz Great Synagogue walls; while standing on scaffolding which had been erected especially for the occasion. The basics of painting he learned in Vilna, where he studied together with Moshe Bernstein and Reuven Miski. Savitzky illegally immigrated to Israel on the boat "Draga" and began to make a living as an agricultural worker in the Rehovot orchards. Thereafter he arranged several exhibitions in Israel and overseas and with this bloomed a colorful career as an artist. Savitzky is known as an impressionist and it is said of his works that they are "colorful combinations" and usually figurative; ![]() Street in Tzeffat ![]() "Carmel Market" Tel-Aviv ![]() Tzeffat in autumn ![]() Olive Trees in Gallil mountain ![]() Today and Tomorrow ![]() ![]() Old houses in Tzeffat ![]() ![]() "Simchat Torah" |
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