Eli Ilan (Hebrew: אלי אילן; 1928 – 1982) was an Israeli sculptor.
Eli Ilan | |
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אלי אילן | |
Born | 1928 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | January 1, 1982 | (aged 54)
Nationality | Israeli |
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Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Dolmenic Arch I (1981), Tel Aviv University |
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Ilan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and emigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1956, he returned to Canada to study sculpture at the Ontario College of Art & Design. He lived in Kibbutz Sasa from 1959 to 1963. He died in 1982 in Caesarea, Israel.
References
editSources
edit- Dagon, Yoav, Eli Ilan 1928-1982, Retrospective, Herzliya, Israel, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992.
- Kohansky, Mendel, Sculptures of Eli Ilan, London, Jacques O'Hana Gallery, 1974.
- Renee Darom Galerie D'art, Eli Ilan Sculpture, Tel Aviv, Renee Darom Galerie D'art, 1974
External links
editMedia related to Eli Ilan at Wikimedia Commons