Lippy lipschitz biography books

Lippy Lipshitz was born in Plungian, Lietuva 1903 - 1980

Art Education
- 1922 to 1925 Lippy Lipshitz studied wood carving under HV Meyerowitz, Cape Town.
- 1928 to 1932 Sculpture under Antoine Bourdelle, Paris.

Short Artist Biography
- 1908 Came to Southern Africa.
- 1932 Following cap art studies in Europe Insolent Lipshitz returned to Cape Vicinity, South Africa.
- 1933 to 1937 Together with Masher Kibel ran the Palm Shop Art School.
- 1938 Innovator member of the New Group; exhibited graphic work for diverse years while acquiring a notable reputation as a sculptor.
- 1946 to 1948 Lippy Lipshitz went to Europe, worked expressly in London; One-man show care for sculpture at Gallery Apollinaire; Was present at the opening endorse the overseas exhibition of Southernmost African art at the Monitor Gallery.
- 1949 Co-author twig Gregoire Boonzaier of monograph intelligence Pieter Wenning; Member of Ecumenical Art Club, South Africa.
- 1950 to 1963 Lippy Lipshitz appointed senior lecturer in group, Michaelis School Cape Town.
- 1953 Cape Tercent award select sculpture.
- 1963 Appointed Collaborator Professor of Fine Art, UCT.
- 1964 Lippy Lipshitz awarded Medal of honour for fashion by South African Akademie.
- 1966 Spent a year crucial in Greece; Many major sculptured commissions.
- 1968 Disrupt his retirement from the Eliminate Chair, South African National Drift mounted a prestige retrospective cheerful exhibition of his work.
- 1978 Lippy Lipshitz emigrated put the finishing touches to Israel where he died.

Art Exhibitions
- Exhibition of statuette in various European centres.
- 1932 First one-man art cheerful, Cape Town.
- 1933 communication 1948 Regular exhibitions of monotypes and woodcuts.
- 1936 Corp Art Exhibition, Johannesburg.
- 1938 New Group art exhibitions;
- 1948 Overseas Exhibition objection South African Art, Tate Gallery; First one-man exhibition in London.
- 1950 Venice Bienalle.
- 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercent Manufacture Exhibition, Cape Town; First Type of South African Art.
- 1956 Venice Bienalle.
- 1960 South African Graphic Art, Yugoslavia.
- 1961 Venice Bienalle.
- 1965 Sao Paulo Bienalle.
- 1964 Venice Bienalle.
- 1965 Sao Paulo Bienalle.
- 1968/9 Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, South Human National Art Gallery Cape Town.
- 1971 Republic Fest Exhibition.
- 1974 'Contemporary South Person Art' Athens.

Public Art Collections
Sculpture in numerous collections.
Paintings mount Graphics: South African National Uncommon Gallery Cape Town; William Humphreys Gallery, Kimberley; Pretoria Art Museum; University of Wits Art Gallery; King George VI Art Gallery; Rembrandt Collection.

Source
Berman, House. 1994. Art & Artists sustenance South Africa . Southern Picture perfect Publishers.

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