Nathan Rapoport

Polish-born Israeli-American sculptor and painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nathan Rapoport (Hebrew: נתן רפופורט; 1911–1987) was a Warsaw-born Jewish sculptor and painter, later a resident of Israel and then the United States.

Born(1911-11-07)November 7, 1911
DiedJune 4, 1987(1987-06-04) (aged 75)
KnownforSculpture
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Nathan Rapoport
נתן רפופורט
Natan Rapoport with his wife Sima in his Warsaw studio (1937)
Born(1911-11-07)November 7, 1911
DiedJune 4, 1987(1987-06-04) (aged 75)
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Known forSculpture
Notable workMonument to the Ghetto Heroes, Scroll of Fire
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Biography

Natan Yaakov Rapoport was born in Warsaw, Poland.[1] In 1936, he won a scholarship to study in France and Italy. He fled to the Soviet Union when the Nazi Germans invaded Poland. The Soviets initially provided him with a studio but then forced him to work as a manual laborer. When the war ended, he returned to Poland to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and immigrated to Israel.[2] In 1959, he moved to the United States. He lived in New York City until his death in 1987.

Monumental art

His sculptures in public places, with the year they were installed in, include:

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