Avraham Melnikov
Israeli sculptor (1892–1960)
Avraham Melnikov (Hebrew: אברהם מלניקוב; June 16, 1892 – August 27, 1960) was a sculptor especially notable during the period of the Yishuv. His most famous work is the monument "The Roaring Lion" at the Kfar Giladi Cemetery in Tel Hai.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Bessarabia in 1892. He immigrated to Palestine in 1918 as a soldier in the Jewish Legion. He began engaging with the art of sculpture from a young age. Following the British capture of Beersheba, he created a statue of General Edmund Allenby, which was placed in a municipal garden in Beersheba. The statue was destroyed during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
Art style
Melnikov participated in the Tower of David exhibitions, which took place annually in the 1920s and expressed the spirit of Hebrew art emerging in the Land of Israel. He created a unique style that combined a connection to the roots of the Jewish people with a primitive primordiality, distant from the European heritage, influenced by ancient Assyrian sculpture. This was in contrast with the modern art trends of the Ecole de Paris-influenced art, brought by Isaac Frenkel Frenel.
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