ISRAEL HERSHBERG

Biography

1948

Born on November 7 in a Displaced Persons camp in Linz, Austria

1949-58

Emigrated to Israel and lived there through age of 9

1958

Emigrated to the United States

1966-68

Attended the Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, NY

1972

Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

1973

Received a Master of Fine Arts, State University of New York, Albany, NY

1973-84

Instructor of painting and drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1983-84

Instructor of painting at the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

1984

Moved to Israel

1991

Awarded Sandberg Prize for Israeli art

Lives and works in Jerusalem, Israel