Creator Record
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Name |
Ben David, Shmuel |
Other names |
Ben David, Shmuel Shmuel Ben David Ben-David, Samuel Ben-David, Shmuel Davidov, Samuel Davidoff, Shmuel David, Samuel ben |
Dates & places of birth and death |
b. Sofia, Bulgaria, 1884 d. Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, 1927 |
Education |
Académie Julian, Paris, France |
Occupation |
Painter Designer Textile Artist |
Relationships |
Studied under Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts |
Places of residence |
Jerusalem |
Role |
Artist |
Notes |
Shmuel Ben-David, studied under Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Sofia, Bulgaria. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906 and became the first chairman of the committee of students and worker at Bezalel. Ben-David completed his art studies at the Académie Julian in Paris, and returned to live in Jerusalem until his death in 1927. Shmuel Ben David studied under Boris Schatz at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906 when Schatz founded the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. Ben David established and taught in the department of carpet design until 1912. |