Ori Reisman

Ori Reisman was born in Tel Yosef, Israel. He studied art at the studio of Yitzhak Frenkel. In 1943, Reisman was one of the founders of Kibbutz Beit HaArava in the north of the Dead Sea. In 1946, he married Mazal Hamdi, whose Yemenite roots became an inspiration for his artwork. After the kibbutz was evacuated during Israel's War of Independence, Reisman and his colleagues founded Kibbutz Kabri in the Western Galilee.

Boulevard of Carob trees, 1960s

In the early 1950s, Reisman spent two years in Paris studying at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts and attending painter Jean Souverbie’s Monumental Art workshop. Israeli artists Lea Nikel, Eliahu Gat, and Michael Gross were also in Paris at the time, and Reisman formed long-lasting friendships with them. Upon his return to the kibbutz, Reisman opened a studio in an abandoned building, where he worked on his art several times a week. He painted landscapes, portraits and still-life in bright colors. He began to exhibit his work in solo and group exhibitions. He spent more time in Paris in the 1970s. In 1974 he joined the "Aklim" (Climate) Group.[1]

• 1953 Prize "Concours le Franc" Ecole National de Beaux Arts, Paris
• 1989 Gutman Histadrut Prize for Painting and Sculpture

• Visual arts in Israel

• Ori Reisman collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved March 2012.
• Art of Ori Reisman at Europeana. Retrieved March 2012