Artist Name: Gad Ullman

Title: Palm grove in Jericho, 1968

Signature Description:
Hand-signed in Hebrew and dated "1968" lower right,
Titled in Hebrew "Jericho" lower left

Technique: Ink on paper

Size: 25 x 31 cm / 9.84" x 12.2" inch

Frame: Unframed

Condition: Very good condition.

Artist's Biography:

Gad Ullman (born in 1935 in Tel Aviv) is a multidisciplinary artist - an Israeli painter, sculptor, visual artist and graphic artist. Among his works - large works for walls in public buildings, sculpture in the public space, design and graphic works, environmental sculpture, performances and installations.
Gad Ullman is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to allegoric and personal fine Arts.

He is an example of a creative artist who combines talent in a variety of visual arts presenting the interdisciplinary spirit and the totality of the Bauhaus mainly the utopic concept of the artist who contributes culturally services to society beautifying the human surroundings and meaning to his life by inspiring it.
Gad Ullman is a talented and wide range artist, whose works breach the boundaries between barriers various artistic domains: Painting, Sculptures, Drawing, Illustrating, printing, in and outdoor sculptures, etc.
Ullman’s art creations from the last decade are proof of his innovative talent. The ability to design, life experience and the expertise of an artist who accumulated skills in a variety of areas in art, reaching full maturity, combines deep emotions and gloomy thoughts together with joy of acting and love for creation based on intellectual knowledge.
Recently Gad Ullman has focused on drawings with charcoal on cardboard and painting in large scale.

Gad Ullman was born to a family of German Jews. He studied art at the Avni Studio and later at the Avni Institute under Yehezel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky.
In the second half of the 1950s, he studied graphics at the Bezalel School of Art. At the same time, he studied at the School for Art Teachers. After graduating, he continued his training in various artistic techniques, for example, photography with Yaakov Agur.

In 1964, he was appointed designer, illustrator and graphic editor of the weekend supplement of Haaretz newspaper. He stayed at this job until 1984. In 1965, he had his first one-man show. In the second half of the 1960s, he was active in the 10+ group.
Ullman wrote articles for the press, between 1972 and 1976 he wrote for the quarterly "Painting and Sculpture". He wrote mainly on prints such as lithographs, woodcuts and screen prints.
In 1971 he published a Haggadah for Passover in Kibbutz style which he illustrated in different types of prints. In 1976-1977 he lectured at the Faculty of Arts at Tel Aviv University.
In the 1970s Ullman worked on large-scale works for public buildings, in addition to his work in graphic design. In 1973-1974, he created several works influenced by the Yom Kippur War.
Ullman also taught in various settings, academic and amateur, over the years. From the 80's he moved to other media and started to sculpt, and later also create video works, environmental sculpture and sculpture for the public space.

Gad Ullman lived in the city of Tel Aviv all his life. He created, studied and taught, and presented many exhibitions in the city. He took part in the Artists' Association of Tel Aviv and the Artists House on Alkharizi St. was a second home for him. As a city dweller he spent countless hours in the sea and on the beach. He is connected to the sea, and this connection is evident in some of his works. Gad Ullman is the elder brother of artists Micah Ullman and Tirza Ullman.

Ullman often engages in social and political issues in Israeli society. He was awake and responded to the events that happened in the country all his life. His works also respond to the changes that happened in the art world.

In different periods, Ullman corresponds with ancient and local art such as Egyptian, Canaanite, Babylonian art and other cultures that characterize the region of the Land of Israel.

His artistic work

Over the years, Ullman has worked in various styles often incorporating printmaking techniques.
Gad Ullman is one of the greatest experts in the field of prints, not only as a creator but also as a researcher who has published a wide range of information on various print techniques. He combines in his graphic work in addition to traditional techniques also expertise in photography and commercial printing. Ullman is one of the first to make photography a main factor in graphic design and journalism, following his visit to the United States in the late 1960s and his acquaintance with the prints of Andy Warhol and the American pop artists.
From the 1970s onwards, Ullman created large murals in public spaces, such as on the media building, Beit HaLochem, on the Tadiran building, Bank Leumi branch at Gan Ha'ir in Tel Aviv and on the "Yediot Ahronoth" newspaper building. These walls were created with diverse and innovative printing methods and using the artist's original photographs. In all the wall works, the content refers to what was done in the building in a unique way.
Among his best-known works as an illustrator is the Telepele series of children's books (1979).

From the 1980s Ullmann began to create large works in public spaces where he utilized his experience with visual techniques. Some of his works contain kinetic sculpture that draws its inspiration from children's games, swings and sports activities such as playing matkas.

In 2006 Ullman had a heart attack that influenced his subsequent works that reflect the weakness of the body and its future destruction. About this event and the feelings that accompanied it regarding the fragility of life and death, Ullman created a series of performance works, video, photography and print. In recent years Ullman began to return to charcoal painting on large brown surfaces. These paintings are expressive in nature and show large figures. Some of the characters are named after gods, titans or heroes from Greek mythology. At the same time, the figures seem to be wrapped in knots of ropes that originate from the sea. Ullman's works from the 2000s onwards are becoming more and more personal, expressing deep inner feelings and emotions, and referring to human destiny.

The variety of materials in his works

Copper is the artist's favorite metal. Already during his studies at Bezalel, he was engaged in creating photographic engravings on copper. Later he combined huge etchings in wall coverings such as: Asia House in Tel Aviv, the King Solomon Hotel (Eilat) and others. With this material he also created wind chimes and sculptures in motion. Copper was the typical material for the head sculptures that he repeated over the years.

In the years between 1970 and 2000, Gad Ullman created many works in public space. These were very large walls where there were paintings, prints, reliefs and various materials on enamel, walls and tiles. In these works, he used a lot of original photographs. He would process the photo into a print and print it on the walls in public spaces - banks, hotels, and business buildings. Ullman loves photography and would take his camera with him everywhere. He would use the photographs as primary material and adapt them to various types of work later on, including graphic designs and paintings.

Ullman often creates sculpted paddleballs (Matkot in Hebrew) from all kinds of materials, these works are sometimes fairy tales or illustrations in different books. There is no doubt that his many years of involvement in this game influences his work. He spends almost every morning at the beach and playing paddle ball. Based on the sketches and photographs he made during his stay at the beach, he also created a series of works in a variety of materials such as oil paint, acrylic, wood and others, which the artist calls "the seashore".

His Judaica works are based on memories of the sacred silver utensils that filled his grandparents' home. Over the years he illustrated and produced typography for three Haggadah for Pesach, in 1964, 1972, 1985. However, he handled different variations and different materials, during Shabbat and the Friday Kiddush ceremony.

In Bezalel he studied the art of fresco, with Professor Arie Margoshilski. The plaster is an important element in his paintings, sometimes also in combination with other materials such as glass, copper or mosaic.

At the beginning of his career, Gad Ullman was known mainly for his drawings which, until the Six Day War, were only in black and white. Over the years he expanded the scope of his work and swotched to painting in colors. In times of war and crisis, he returned to drawing without color. In 1978, as part of art workshops, he created performances at the top of Mount Sinai (also known as Jabal Musa). After completing a course in performance art, he began exhibiting them value in each exhibition. Some of the performances are accompanied by paddleballs, others contain tortured and wrapped figures as a tribute to his family who perished in the Holocaust.

In the early 21st century, Ullman returned to spontaneous and intuitive drawing in charcoal on brown paper or large cartons discarded from the commercial world - very large packages of electrical products. The packaging testifies to the "carton culture", as Ullman calls it. In his family they did not throw things away, but instead reused objects and materials. So also, in these works Ullman reuses cardboard. These packages stood on their own in the exhibition of drawings named "Connections" that were painted on them. Ullman's drawings in this late period testify to the virtuosity of the handwork, the pencil, the eraser and the charcoal.

Education

1949 Art with Aharon Avni
1955 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, with Yehezkel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky
1956-60 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Graphics, Graduate, Art Teacher's Certificate
1956-60 the School for Art Teachers.
1960 Advanced studies in Photography with Yakov Agur
1969 Course in the technology of etching with Tuvia beeri
1969 Course in etching techniques with Tuvia Beeri.
1970 Course in advanced printmaking techniques, with Arik Kilemnik.

Teaching

1974-75 Tel Aviv University, History of Art Department, Faculty of Arts, lecturer in graphic techniques
1984-85 WIZO Haifa
1985-86 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv-Yafo, History of drawing and printmaking,
1995-97 Israel Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv
1997-2001 Artists Association, Ashdod, Drawing and printmaking techiques

Awards and Prizes

1982 Ben-Yitzhak Prize for Children's Books Illustration, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1993 "Golden Cylinder" Prize, Art for the People
1999 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2000 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2001 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2002 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2002 Competition, Israeli Graphic Designers Organization, First prize
2003 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2004 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2004 Competition, Israeli Graphic Designers Organization, First prize
2005 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area
2006 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in Israel, Environmental Design Area

Environmental Sculptures

1972 Ministry of Communication, Jerusalem - enameled murals
1973 "Warrior Home"-Seven murals each one consisting of one huge Hebrew letter, Tel Aviv
1975 Tadiran, Holon , Printed circuits on modular aluminum
1978 "Science and Handicrafts", Asia House, Tel Aviv. Copper etched murals, each describing a different subject such as Hebrew culture, science, history, industry.
1976 Yediot Aharonot, Tel Aviv, Aluminum mural describing the history of the Hebrew letter
1976 Plaza Hotel, Tiberias -Copper etched plates on the theme of Tiberias
1978 Basel Hotel, Tel Aviv - "Birds Eye View of Sinai Landscape">br>1978 Bank Leumi Tel Aviv, Dizengoff Center- Aluminum mural describing history of the bank
1978 Migdalohr Tower, Tel Aviv - Aluminum mural describing the six days of creation,
1986 "Hadassah Shield for City Garden", Bank Leumi, City Garden, Tel Aviv. Painting, oil on wood.
1999 "The Water's Edge", Assisted Living Residence Seven Stars, Herzliya. Mural.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1972 Etchings, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1974 Drawings and Etchings, Ordan Gallery, Ramat Hasharon
1978 Hebrew Letter Exhibition, Municipal Library, Be'er Sheva
1979 Stone, Paper and Scissors, Farewell from Sinai, Amalia Arbel Gallery, Tel Aviv
1985 Off the Press, Sha’ar Zion Library, Beit Ariella, Tel Aviv
1996 Earthquake - New Works, Neve Tzedek Gallery, Tel Aviv
         Earthquake, A Year after Yitzhak Rabin's Murder, Gallery Kibbutz Mahanayim
1997 Face to Face, Joseph Constant Sculpture Gallery, Ramat Gan
1998 Gad Ullman - Without Masks, Artists Pavilion, Rishon Le Zion
2000 Matkot (Paddleballs), Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2002 Drawings, Mishkan Leomanut, Holon
2003 Drawings and Installations, ICC Haifa (International Convention Center), Haifa
2004 Stone Age, Habama Center Theater & Gallery, Ganei Tikva
2005 Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv
2008 Balance, Hamishkan Le'omanut, Beth Meirov, Holon
         Incisions, The Municipal Gallery, Afula
2019 Around themselves, Artists Pavilion, Rishon Le Zion
         Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1966 The Smallest Works of a 10+ Group Artists and Others, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
1967 Israeli and International Painting and Sculpture, Shulamit Gallery, Jaffa
             Maskit Gallery, Tel Aviv
             10+ - exhibition in Red, Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
             Artists in Israel for the Defense, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion
             General Exhibition, Art in Israel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1969 Art Festival, Painting & Sculpture in Israel, The Exhibitions Grounds, Tel Aviv
1970 Multi-Ism, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1971 Israeli Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Works, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
        Multi-ism 2, Haifa Museum of Art
1972 Figure and shape, Artist Pavilion, Tel-Aviv
1973 Self Portrait in Israel Art, Haifa Museum of Art
         Corners, Blatman Gallery, Tel Aviv
         Print Workshop 73, Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv
         Paper and Paint, The Municipal Museum - Bet-Emanuel, Ramat Gan
         Graphic Art in Israel Today, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1975 Artist Pavilion, Tel-Aviv
1976 Jerusalem Day Events at the Artists House, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1977 Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
         Exhibition of Nude Drawings, Beit Mers, Tel Aviv
1978 Painting/Drawing – works on paper, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
         Sinai Landscapes, Ezry Gallery, Jerusalem
1979 The Kadishman Connection, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1980 Winners of the Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children's Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
          Borders, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1981 The Woman Image in Israeli Art, Traveling Exhibition, Israel
1982 The Print Art in Israel, Omanot La’am, Tel Aviv
         Through the Mill, American Cultural Center (ACC), Tel Aviv
         Works on paper, Yad Labanim Museum, Petach Tikva
1983 The Negev in Israeli Art, Avraham Baron Gallery, Be’er Sheva
1984 Paper Works from Uncle Bob Leslie Paper Mill, American Cultural Center (ACC), Tel Aviv
1987 Julyaffo 87, Jaffa
1988 Still Life and Breathing, Traveling Exhibition, Israel
         Modern Drawing - New Approaches, Haifa Museum of Art
1989 To Live with the Dream, Sam and Ayala Zacks Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
         Israeli Artists Draw the Bible, Beit Hatanach Museum, Tel Aviv
         1967: The Americanization of Israeli Art, Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv & Ha' Kibbutz, Israeli Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1992 Print +, Municipal Art Gallery, Smilansky Cultural Center, Rehovot & The Korin Maman Ashdod Museum
1993 Contemporary Israeli Fiber Art, Lodz, Poland
1995 Illustrations to Dalia Rabikovich Poems, Artists' House, Jerusalem
         Mirror | רoררiM, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1996 Myths in the 20th Century - Exhibition of the Israel Association of Illustrators, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
         Artists Messengers of Peace, Artists' House, Jerusalem
         Let there be peace - a year since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Yefet 28 Art Gallery, Jaffa
         Both Sides of Peace: Israeli – Palestinians, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA
1998 Israeli Woman - 1948 – 1998, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2001 Painting the song, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2002 Toilet – Environment, The Center for Theatre Arts, The Opera House, Tel Aviv
2003 ''Like Clay in the Hands of the Creator'', Painters and Sculptors Association in Israel, Haifa and the North, Marc Chagall Artists House
2004 Paper, Artists Gallery Ein Hod
         Cinema: Illustrations of Movie Blockbusters, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2005 Group Exhibition: Walking on Eggs, The Korin Maman Ashdod Museum
2006 Games, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2008 Vision and Reality, Hanita Museum, Kibbutz Hanita
2009 Soldiers Went on their Way, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2010 “A Child’s Fairy Tale'', Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2011 Ode to the Sea, Zadik - Art Within Reach, Jaffa
         Matkot The Ultimate Israeli Game, Gerstein Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 The 11th Biennale of illustration, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
         The Passion for Shoes, Gerstein Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 MATKOT -THE ULTIMATE ISRAELI GAME, Casa Sefarad-Israel, Madrid, Spain
2014 Mythological Encounters, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 1965 Today, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2018 Connections, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv
         Racquets, Minsk, Belarus
         Contemporary Local Print, Jerusalem Print Workshop + New Gallery - The Artist's Studios, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem + The New Gallery in Musrara, Jerusalem.

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