Nehemia Azaz (נחמיה עזז) | |
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 Azaz in the late 1950s at Harsa, Beersheba | |
| Born | 9 October 1923 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 27 October 2008 (aged 85) Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Known for | Sculpture, stained glass, ceramics |
Nehemia Azaz (Hebrew: נחמיה עזז), also Nehemiah, Henri or N H Azaz (9 October 1923 – 27 October 2008), was an Israeli sculptor, ceramicist and architectural artist,[1] who spent half of his working life in the UK. Best known in Israel as founder of the Department of Artistic Ceramics at the Harsa[2] factory in Beersheba, Azaz made his studio base in Oxfordshire, England from the late 1960s onwards, working in stained glass, wood, concrete, bronze, brass, copper and aluminium.
- ^ "The Israel Museum" Information Center for Israeli Art catalogue, retrieved November 23, 2015
- ^ Ofrat, Gideon; Magdalena, Hefez; Agudat omane ḳeramiḳah be-Yiśraʼel (1991). ראשית הקרמיקה הישראלית, 1932־1962 = The beginnings of Israeli ceramics / ]אוצרת התערוכה, גדעון עפרת ומגדלמה חפץ]. [Israel] : Agudat omane ha-ḳeramiḳah be-Yiśraʼel, [1991]. pp. 51–52.