Leo Roth also known as Lior Roth, was an Israel

Israel

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i painter, born in 1914 in Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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. In 1920, Roth moved to Germany

Germany

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 and, in 1933, immigrated to Palestine. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

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 in Paris

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 and completed fresco

Fresco

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es in Italy

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 and France

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 in the 1950s. Roth first settled in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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, then moved to Kvutzat Kinneret, then finally to Kibbutz Afikim

Afikim (kibbutz)

Afikim is an Israeli kibbutz affiliated with the Kibbutz Movement located in the Jordan Valley within three kilometers of the Sea of Galilee, and within the jurisdiction of the Emek HaYarden Regional Council...

 where he remained until his death. He was the Director of the Art Academy of the Kibbutzim. In 1959, he was awarded the Jordan Valley Prize for Painting. Roth exhibited in the United States, Israel, Mexico, Spain, Holland, Sweden, and Denmark. He died in 2002.

Roth's work was influenced by Cubism

Cubism

Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...

 and bears much in common with the work of compatriot painter Naftali Bezem

Naftali Bezem

Naftali Bezem is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.-Biography:Bezem who was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who perished in Auschwitz concentration camp...

. His colourful canvases are rife with biblical imagery and representations of early Israeli pioneer culture.

Selected exhibitions

• 2000: Chaim Atar Art Museum, Ein Harod, Israel: The Works of Leo Roth: An Exhibition

External links

• Israeli Art Centre (Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Leo Roth)
• Artnet.com (Leo Roth)