Avshalom Okashi

BIOGRAPHY

Okashi, Avshalom, Israel, 1916-1980
Avshalom Okashi, Painter. b. 1916, Rishon Le Zion, Israel. Studies: With Aryeh Elweil. Teaching: Avni Institute, Tel Aviv; Haifa University. A founder of New Horizons Group. 1948-50 Lived in Akko. Participated in Sao Paulo Biennale. Died in Acre 1980. A museum in his name established in Acre.

Source: http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/sname2_a.asp?artist=274435&list=O

The Okashi Museum

Next to the Knights’ Halls in Old Acre there is a building with cruciform domes, dating from the Ottoman Period. A museum operates in the building, with temporary exhibits of Israeli art alongside a permanent exhibit of the works of the late Avshalom Okashi. This artist was one of the lynchpins of the New Horizons, a group of artists that was organized in Israel after the War of Independence. Okashi spent most of his life in Acre, where he set up his workshop, which, after his death, became the Okashi Museum. The subjects of his early works are rooted in the nature and human and spiritual reality of Israel and are drawn from Biblical texts.

Source: http://www.akko.org.il/English/Sites/Museums.asp