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Luisa Wilhelm (Hungarian-Israeli, 1911–1978) – Flowers in a Blue Urn - Large watercolor on paper, signed Paper Dimensions: 60 × 47 cm  Framed Dimensions: 83 × 70 cm Luisa Wilhelm (Wilhelm Lujza) was born in Szombathely, Hungary, in 1911 and immigrated to Israel, where she passed away in Giv'atayim in 1978. An award-winning Israeli artist of Hungarian origin, she was a recipient of the Nordau Prize. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family, Wilhelm’s early artistic talent was nurtured in her hometown under painter Jaska István. Her art studies continued in Budapest, where she studied under István Örkény Strasser and later at the studio of Vilmos Perlrott-Csaba.