Batya Lishanski (1899-1992) – Portrait of a Woman – Oil Painting

Portrait of a woman, a painting by Batya Lishanski (1899-1992).
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Canvas approx. 34.5x21 cm, not framed. Good-fair condition. Paint peeling. Holes in the corners of the canvas.
Batya Lishanski (1899-1992), an Israeli sculptor, born in Malyn (today in Ukraine), the winner of the Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture and the Israel Prize for Sculpture. Lishanski immigrated to Palestine in 1910. She studied art at Bezalel and in art academies in Rome, Berlin and Paris. Her first solo exhibition was held in Palestine in 1929; ever since she displayed her works of art in many exhibitions in Israel and abroad and won international acclaim. Lishanski created small wooden sculptures, portraits of members of the Yishuv and the State as well as public monuments across Israel (the most known of these being the "Avodah VeHaganah" [Work and Protection] and "Lord Melchett").