Ayala Zacks-Abramov
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Ayala Zacks-Abramov was an Israeli
-Canadian art collector. Ayala was widowed three times, and was previously married to the Canadian art collector Samuel Jacob Sachs (Sam Sachs) and ti the knesset member Zalman Abramov
.
In 1940, during World War II
, Abramov joined the French Resistance
after Peleg enlisted to the army and was killed during a military operation.
In 1947 Abramov married Samuel Sachs, a Canadian economist and art collector, whom she met during her stay in Switzerland
. After marring, the couple began to collect art items from the 19th century and the 20th century, mainly of French, Canadian and Israeli artists such as Gauguin, Rodin
, Picasso, Henri Matisse
, Kandinsky and Chagall. They also acquired art by Israeli artists such as Marcel Janco
, Mordechai Ardon, Reuven Rubin
and Anna Ticho
, and art of relatively unknown artists at the time of the purchase such as Ofer Lellouche
, Yigal Tumarkin
and Joseph Zaritsky
.
In 1970 Sachs died. Abramov returned to Israel in 1976 and married to Zalman Abramov, who was a lawyer and a Knesset member. The couple were patrons of the arts
, and Abramov continued to support the art world even after her husband's death in 1997.
Abramov supported over the years the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
and the Israel Museum
and had a hand in their growth. Both the museums have halls named after her. She mentioned theses museums in her will, in which she declared that her art collection would be divided between them.
The Israeli notable painter Joseph Zaritsky
painted a well-known figurative portrait of Abramov.
Many of the art works in Abramov's possession were donated or loaned through to years to museums in Israel, France and Canada.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
-Canadian art collector. Ayala was widowed three times, and was previously married to the Canadian art collector Samuel Jacob Sachs (Sam Sachs) and ti the knesset member Zalman Abramov
Zalman Abramov
Dr Shneor Zalman Abramov was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1959 and 1977. As a writer he usually signed by using the acronym S.Z. Abramov.-Biography:...
.
Biography
Abramov was born in Jerusalem in 1912 as Ayala Ben-Tovim. Her parents, Shmuel Ben-Tovim and Rashe (née: Berman) were married in Jerusalem in 1902. Abramov studied, among others, in London and in Paris where she met her first husband, Morris Fleg, to whom she married in 1938.In 1940, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Abramov joined the French Resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
after Peleg enlisted to the army and was killed during a military operation.
In 1947 Abramov married Samuel Sachs, a Canadian economist and art collector, whom she met during her stay in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. After marring, the couple began to collect art items from the 19th century and the 20th century, mainly of French, Canadian and Israeli artists such as Gauguin, Rodin
Rodin
- People :* Auguste Rodin , French sculptor, for whom is named:** The Musée Rodin in Paris, France** The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA** The Rodin Gallery in Seoul, South Korea** Rodin , a crater on the Moon...
, Picasso, Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...
, Kandinsky and Chagall. They also acquired art by Israeli artists such as Marcel Janco
Marcel Janco
Marcel Janco was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect, art theorist and cultural promoter, known as the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. His first contribution came in the 1910s, when he joined up with poets Tristan Tzara and Ion Vinea...
, Mordechai Ardon, Reuven Rubin
Reuven Rubin
Reuven Rubin was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania.-Biography:Rubin Zelicovici was born in Galaţi to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art...
and Anna Ticho
Anna Ticho
Anna Ticho was a Jewish artist who became famous for her drawings of the Jerusalem hills.- Biography :Anna Ticho was born in Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1894...
, and art of relatively unknown artists at the time of the purchase such as Ofer Lellouche
Ofer Lellouche
Ofer Lellouche is an Israeli painter, sculptor, etcher and video artist-Biography:Lellouche was born in Tunisia in 1947. He studied mathematics and physics in Paris at Saint Louis College. In 1966, two months before he was scheduled to graduate, he ran away to Kibbutz Yehiam in Israel...
, Yigal Tumarkin
Yigal Tumarkin
Yigal Tumarkin is an Israeli painter and sculptor. He is also known as Igael Tumarkin.-Biography:...
and Joseph Zaritsky
Joseph Zaritsky
-Biography:Zaritsky was born in 1891 in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. He lived in Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels, but mostly he lived in Jerusalem. He studied at the art academy in Kiev before emigrating to Mandate Palestine in 1923. In 1929, he relocated from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv,...
.
In 1970 Sachs died. Abramov returned to Israel in 1976 and married to Zalman Abramov, who was a lawyer and a Knesset member. The couple were patrons of the arts
Patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings or popes have provided to musicians, painters, and sculptors...
, and Abramov continued to support the art world even after her husband's death in 1997.
Abramov supported over the years the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was established in 1932 in a building that was the home of Tel Aviv's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff. The Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art opened in 1959. The museum moved to its current location on King Saul Avenue in...
and the Israel Museum
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Bible Lands Museum, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
and had a hand in their growth. Both the museums have halls named after her. She mentioned theses museums in her will, in which she declared that her art collection would be divided between them.
The Israeli notable painter Joseph Zaritsky
Joseph Zaritsky
-Biography:Zaritsky was born in 1891 in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. He lived in Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels, but mostly he lived in Jerusalem. He studied at the art academy in Kiev before emigrating to Mandate Palestine in 1923. In 1929, he relocated from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv,...
painted a well-known figurative portrait of Abramov.
Many of the art works in Abramov's possession were donated or loaned through to years to museums in Israel, France and Canada.
External links
- Canada's Peggy Guggenheim Ayala Zacks-Abramov Dies - published on artlyst.com
- The art patron Ayala Zacks Abramov died - published on HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
on August 30, 2011