Chaim Gliksberg was born to Rabbi Shimon Yaakov Gliksberg

Shimon Yaakov Gliksberg

Rabbi Shimon Yaakov Halevi Gliksberg was a scholar, preacher, historian and one of the founding members of the Mizrachi Zionist movement.-Biography:...

 and Cypa Mejta, daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Alpert

Mordechai Dovid Alpert

Mordechai Dovid Alpert was born into the family of Rabbi Chaim Shabtai Alpert known as "Chaim Matmid" and who was a gggrandson of Aryeh Leib Epstein of Königsberg....

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When he was 2 years old his family moved to Odessa

Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

. He attended cheder

Cheder

A Cheder is a traditional elementary school teaching the basics of Judaism and the Hebrew language.-History:...

 and the Odessa yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

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In 1918 he attended the Bershadsky School of Art in Odessa. From 1920 to 1924 he studied in the city’s Art Academy under Professor Dvornikov and academician Constandi, names well-known in the Russian arts’ world.

Arriving in Eretz Israel in 1925 he went straight to Jerusalem. He worked in Bezalel

Bezalel

In Exodus 31:1-6, Bezalel |transcribed]] as Betzalel and most accurately as Beẓal'el), is the chief artisan of the Tabernacle. Elsewhere in the Bible the name occurs only in the genealogical lists of the Book of Chronicles, but according to cuneiform inscriptions a variant form of the same,...

 and later in road paving. Despite living hardships he painted a great deal. In 1927 his first exhibit went on display at the Lemel School under the auspices of the Hebrew Artists Association in Eretz Israel. In 1929 the artist moved to Tel-Aviv where he taught and maintained a studio. In 1930 he held a one-man show in Ohel Shem, which Hayyim Nahman Bialik

Hayyim Nahman Bialik

Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

 opened with an enthusiastic speech.

Gliksberg was not only a wonderful portraitist and an excellent artist who delved deep into the souls of his subjects, but also a gifted writer and connoisseur of music. Distinguished authors and artists such as Hayyim Nahman Bialik

Hayyim Nahman Bialik

Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

, Alter Druyanov and Gershon Shofman were fond of him and held him in great esteem. It seems that there was no other painter for whom Bialik sat so often. The seven portraits of Bialik painted by Gliksberg which feature the poet in summer clothes and winter clothes, with his walking stick, pouch and wide-rimmed hat are among the best portraits of Israel's national poet. Chaim Gliksberg's record of conversations he engaged in with Bialik during the sittings were assembled in a book called Bialik Day to Day and are some of the truest and most authentic among Bialik's documented oral exchanges; devoid of any attempts at falsity, distortion or artificial embellishment, they present Bialik as he truly was.

When a dream of a full-scale municipal museum in Tel-Aviv began to take shape Gliksberg was invited to serve on the Museum Committee representing painters and sculptors.In 1934 Gliksberg was among the founders of the Painters and Sculptors Association. He was awarded the Dizengoff Prize in 1936, 1937 and 1956. His paintings can be found in museums, public and private collections throughout the world. After his death a street in Tel-Aviv was named after him.

A memoire Treasured in the Heart was published after his death.