Streichman Yehezkel
Year:	1906-1993
Country:	Kovno, Lithuania
School:	New Horizons

Yehezkel Streichman, was born in 1906, Kovno, Lithuania and Immigrated to Israel on 1924.
Studies:
1924-26 Bezalel, Jerusalem;
1927 architecture in Paris;
1928-31 Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
1931-36 Returned to Kovno;
1936 returned to Palestine.
1944 and 1954-79 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, painting.

Teaching: 1936 Painting in elementary and high schools;
1941 Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov, painting;

Prizes: 1941, 1944, 1954, 1969 Dizengoff Prize;
1956 Ramat Gan Prize;
1968 Moadon Milo Prize;
1974 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem;
1986 Histadrut Prize; 1990 Israel Prize.
1948 Participated in 24th Venice Biennale;
1954 28th Venice Biennale;
1955 3rd Sao Paulo Biennale;
1966 33rd Venice Biennale.
1941-44 a member of Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov.
1945-48 Founded "The Studio" , Tel Aviv, with Stematsky.
1948 One of the founders of "New Horizon" Group.
1981 Made an Honorary citizen of Tel Aviv.
1992 Honorary President, Association of Artists and Sculptors.
Died 1993 in Tel Aviv. (The Israel Museum Web Site

Streichman's work in the 1930s and the 1940s tended to blend impressionistic and expressionistic qualities and showed influence of Bonnard and Soutine.
Streichman was among the founders of New Horizons. In the 1950s he integrated a paintly abstract style inspired by Zaritsky with more formal conception, as evolved by Janco, Kahan, and Naton. During the 1960s, the formal elements were to disappear from his work in favour of paintly, abstract compositions.