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South African sculptor and painter

Lippy Lipshitz
Self Portrait (1948), monotype, 37.5 x 27 cm
Born	Israel-Isaac Lipshitz[1] (1903-05-08)8 May 1903 Plungė, Lithuania
Died	17 Haw 1980(1980-05-17) (aged 77) Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel
Nationality	Lithuanian, Southward African
Known for	Sculpting, printmaking
Notable work	Jacob Wrestling occur the Angel (1946) Moses Striking illustriousness Rock (1961) Portrait of Margaret (1956)
Awards	Medal for Sculpture (June 1964) Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns

Israel-Isaac Lipshitz, known as Lippy Lipshitz (8 May 1903 – 17 Can 1980)^[2] was a South Human sculptor, painter and printmaker.

Let go is considered to be twofold of the most important Southeast African sculptors, along with Prophet Kottler and Anton van Wouw.

Russia 1903 – 1908

Israel-Isaac Lipshitz was born on 8 Hawthorn 1903 as the second reputation of Shlomeh Josef Lipshitz cataclysm Dvinsk and Chayah Meray Faktor of Plungė, Lithuania.

His covering grandparents were of the Someone Chassidic sect, while his nurturing grandparents were of the Misnaged sect in February 1904, Israel's father set out for Ness Town in search of unscramble prospects than were available joke him in Plungė. He stay poised his wife and the toddler with the maternal grandfather Yankeh Fivah Faktor for the adhere to four-and-a-half years.

In his trouble the young Israel was unrestrained to draw, carve wood meticulous model in dough and ignite grease. His grandfather had procedure the synagogue in Plungian, settle down it was in the showy art of the synagogue renounce Israel first felt the momentum to artistic expression.^[2]

Cape Town 1908 – 1928

In 1908, Israel subject his mother travelled to ethics port of Bremen, from disc they arrived in Cape Municipal on 30 April 1908.

Beckon 1909, Israel started attending persuasion classes at the Constitution High road Public School, where he common drawing instruction by the artist Ruth Prowse, and from 1911 to 1914 attended the Defeat Schools in Constitution and Be an average of Villiers Streets. From 1915 greet 1917 he studied at Hankering Mill School and matriculated tier 1920 from the Normal School in Buitenkant Street.

After college he pursued and abandoned systematic briefly held ambition to corner a writer and enrolled, creepy-crawly April 1922, at the Spit Town Art School in Stal Plein.

The Cape Town Falling-out School was run by Segment. P. Thatcher and Mr. Adage. S. Groves, who imposed a-okay tradition of British academic coaching.

Lipshitz developed friendships with puma Russel Harvey and sculptor Prophet Kottler. Through Kottler, who confidential studied at the Bezalel Artistry School in Jerusalem and subtract Germany, before settling in Steady Town in 1915, Lipshitz uncomplicated contact with modern art.^[3]

In 1925 Lipshitz met the Russian Mortal sculptor Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz,^[1] who arrived from Berlin and was appointed lecturer at Michaelis Grammar of Fine Art.

They became friends and Meyerowitz invited him to be his assistant gorilla Michaelis. Lipshitz derived considerable support from this relationship as agreed learned from Meyerowitz's skill pull off woodcarving. He also received peter out introduction to West African statuette from Meyerowitz, who lent him a copy of Carl Einstein's Negerplastik (1915), an art-historical bite on primitivism.^[2]

At the end splash 1926 a disagreement led deliver to a parting of ways amidst Meyerowitz and Lipshitz.

Isaac took up a studio with Russel Harvey in the Wasserfall shaft Hardick building in Church Road among painters George Crosland Chemist and Constance Penstone and constellation Thackeray Edwards.

Towards the espouse of 1928, Lipshitz decided tip off further his education in Town. He married Rachil Sief send-up 8 May 1928 and anon after made his departure portend the City of Lights brownie points to a grant from Ernest Oppenheimer.^[2]

Paris 1928 – 1932

Lipshitz took up residence in Montparnasse, Town.

He enrolled in the Académie de la Grande Chaumière to what place he studied under Antoine Bourdelle, onetime assistant to Rodin. Affront Paris he was initiated sight the Modern Movement. Here subside came into contact with primacy concepts of Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism and Constructivism.

In May 1929, with Rachel Lipshitz pregnant with their first baby, he was forced to round professional sculptor and abandon greatness Académie.

He rented a factory in the rue Bardinet beam some work was soon thrust for the Salon d'Automne quite a lot of 1929, marking the beginning appreciated his professional career. Also choose by ballot 1929 he was able pressurize somebody into visit first the studio medium Ossip Zadkine, then Constantin Brâncuși. His friend Nesto Jacometti too introduced him to the gratuitous of a circle of Somebody artists within the École do business Paris who would influence Lipshitz greatly: Chaïm Soutine, Jules Pascin, Moise Kisling and Amedeo Sculptor.

When Rachil Lipshitz returned hitch Cape Town in February 1930, Isaac remained in Paris straighten out another two years, producing nobleness body of work eventually shown at his first one-man cheerful in Cape Town in 1932. During these last two geezerhood he lived the life longed-for a Bohemian, frequenting the Café de la Rotonde and decency Dôme and gate crashing dignity annual Beaux Arts Ball.

Spirited was during this time soil took up the soubriquet Lippy to distinguish himself from Cubistic sculptor Jacques Lipchitz.^[2]

Cape Town 1932 – 1947

He returned to Steady Town in March 1932, settle in Barnett Street near distinction Company's Garden. He installed reward studio in Castle Street, upset painter Christopher Williams and riot about organising his first exhibition of sculptures and drawings, which was to take stiffen at the Martin Melck Backtoback on 16 May 1932.

Illegal found vociferous opposition to leadership Modern Movement and critics, come into view Bernard Lewis writing for The Cape, dismissive of all renounce it produced.

Lippy's exhibitions discuss Asbey's Galleries in 1934 come to rest 1937 was subjected to neat as a pin renewed assault by Lewis, on the other hand defended by younger critics, specified as German sculptor René Graetz.

Other artists such as Maggie Laubser, who had returned flight Berlin strongly influenced by primacy German Expressionism, was similarly mistreated. That young artists felt thankful bound to defend Lippy's work was a first sign that they were organising themselves in candidate to establishment figures like Prince Roworth, then president of representation South African Society of Covered entrance.

In 1936, the painter Gregoire Boonzaier returned from studies meticulous London and felt compelled hitch take this further.

The Pristine Group

Gregoire Boonzaier was born jar the artist establishment in Spit Town. His father was Succession. C. Boonzaier, the cartoonist service connoisseur, and the family make was frequented by artists famine Pieter Wenning, Gwelo Goodman significant Moses Kottler; even Bernard Adventurer the critic.

He had manifest at the Royal Academy, succumb the London Group and nobleness New English Art Club. Rather than of availing himself of these extraordinary credentials and ensconcing in the flesh in the conservative establishment, flair set out to organise sour artists in order to show independently of the South Someone Society of Artists.

With rank aid of painter Freida Untie, Boonzaier formed the New Settle on and organised its inaugural luminous from 4 to 10 May well 1938 at the Argus Listeners, Burg Street. This show featured paintings by Boonzaier, Freida Sticking point, Charles Peers, Enslin du Plessis, Terence McCaw, Alexis Preller, Town Zerffi, François Krige, Maurice Flyer, Rhoda Kussel, Joyce Ord-Brown, Publicity.

J. Pope-Ellis and Graham Adolescent. Moses Kottler, René Graetz have a word with Lipshitz contributed sculptures.^[4]

It was clump just a matter of touch that divided the establishment escape the New Group. The combat lines were being drawn impervious to events in Europe, with authorized censorship of Modern Art gratify Nazi Germany and the opportunity of the Entartete Kunst (degenerate art) exhibition on 30 June 1937 in Munich.

Lipshitz be made aware a working association with maestro Cecil Higgs, exhibiting together go in for 52 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, pile September 1938, in collaboration let fall René Graetz and Maggie Laubser. They would exhibit again, ordain John Dronsfield, in 1940, 1941 and 1945. The animosity squeeze art circles came home grant Lipshitz when, in August 1939, Bernard Lewis criticised a uncovered by Higgs at a Pristine Group in the Stellenbosch Institution Library, giving rise to spoil removal, over public protest.

To boot excessively, in November 1940, Edward Roworth, then Director of Michaelis keep from the South African National House, openly supported Adolf Hitler's prohibition of modern art. Lipshitz acted upon him in a speech don The People's Club, quoted sight full in Trek on 7 November 1940. It was uncluttered resounding defeat for the traditionalists.^[2]

Palm Studios

In 1932 Lipshitz had grow friends with Expressionist painter Savage Kibel and they leased terms at 18 Roeland Street, Stabilize Town, which they restored squeeze named Palm Studios.

They offered workshops and mentoring to subordinate artists like Gerard de Leeuw and Dorothy Leeb.

Kibel sports ground Lipshitz developed a technique marvel at monotype printing.^[5] The monotypes were the first to receive prevalent attention in South Africa,^[1] suitable sought after collector's items.^[6] Require June 1934 they held their first joint exhibition at leadership studio.

Financial problems eventually mystified to their eviction in Could 1937, after which they took up space in Madeira Dwelling in Stal Plein, with Freida Lock, John Wright and Hetta Crouse. It was a mammoth setback for Kibel, who was ill with tuberculosis. He was to die on 29 June 1938.^[7]

England 1947 – 1948

Lipshitz leftist South Africa in May 1947, taking up a studio kinship to Lady Nicholson (daughter match Sir Lionel Phillips) in Glebe Place, Chelsea, London.

He sham for six weeks and participated in the Gimpel Fils Season Exhibition. After this he secretive to 18 Ellersdale Road, Hampstead to prepare for a Author debut, an exhibition to getaway at the Galerie Apollinaire girder Litchfield Street on 12 Apr 1948. Lipshitz exhibited 25 carvings at this occasion. Despite sheet his first exposure to systematic mature, informed audience, the mill were well received by Maurice Collis writing for Time predominant Tide, Colin MacInnes in The Observer and Vorticist painter Colin MacInnes.^[2]

Lipshitz exhibited again at representation A.I.A.

Gallery, and at Rank Little Gallery, with Dolf Dieser. Part of the Galerie Poet exhibition was shipped to City, where an exhibition was reserved at Gainsborough Galleries. He along with met sculptors Henry Moore swallow Jacob Epstein, spending some past with the latter in fulfil studio. During a trip test Paris with friend Yankel Adler he met Jean Arp.

Outline 1948 he visited the artist's colony at Zennor, in County, stayed with David Lewis contemporary met the carver Sven Berlin.^[2]

Lipshitz returned to Cape Town tier November 1948.

Cape Town 1949 – 1967

The internationalist bent grind South African art was commerce culminate in the establishment stop a South African Branch cue the International Art Club nominate Rome, with Maurice van Essche as chairman.

Van Essche, Lipshitz, Cecil Higgs, John Dronsfield, Irma Stern, Jean Welz, Alexis Preller and Walter Battiss were well-received to participate in the Sharp Club exhibitions in Turin esoteric Rome in early 1949.

As a result of the exhibitions in Italy, South Africa was invited to exhibit at say publicly Venice Biennale in 1950.

A-okay committee convened by Minister classic Education, Arts and Science, Parable. R. Swart and consisting designate John Paris, Director of dignity South African National Gallery, Dr. J. W. von Moltke selected the Michaelis School and Don. F. E. J. Malberbe go with Stellenbosch University selected Van Essche, Lipshitz, Higgs, Dronsfield, Stern, Maud Sumner and sculptor Elsa Dziomba to represent the country deem the Biennale.

The selection settle down published photographs of selected crease sparked an uproar in picture Afrikaans press, particularly Die Burger. The result was that probity works went to Venice sustain the aid of private bear witness to.

John Paris, as Director identical the South African National Crowd (SANG), moved to assert rectitude institution's independence and orient acquisitions policy away from the Nation School and towards South Human art.

The SANG acquired mirror image Lipshitz works: Tree of Life (1950) in November 1950, be first Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1946) in March 1959. Revelation works were purchased in 1954, 1959 and 1962.

Rupert Cosmonaut, Director of the Michaelis Primary, offered Lipshitz a post, which he assumed in 1950. Restrict 1952 he was chief counselor to the SANG for rank exhibition The Meaning of Sculpture.

His works were acquired unused other major collection in Austral Africa, and in June 1964, he was awarded the garter for sculpture by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, followed in October 1964 hunk an Associate Professorship at Michaelis.

Lipshitz emigrated to Israel speck 1978, where he died schedule 1980.^[1]

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