Yosl Bergner b. 13 October 1920

  • Artist (Painter)
20th century Melbourne painter. Contemporary of Boyd and Perceval and active member of Contemporary Art Society with Noel Counihan and Vic O'Connor. Bergner's paintings were among the 1st to address the specific plight of Indigenous Australians and later work took inspiration from the works of German writer Franz. In Tel Aviv, a member of a circle of artists centred in the popular Cafe Kassit, where he painted a large mural.
Tags: social conscience, Communist, refugee
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Name
Yosl Bergner
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Tags:
social conscience
Communist
refugee
Birth date
13 October 1920
Birth place
Vienna, Austria
Death date
18 January 2017
Death place
Tel Aviv, Israel
Burial place
Tel Aviv, Israel
Active Period
  • c.1937 - c.1975
Arrival
  • 1937
Residence
  • 1920 - c.1920 Vienna, Austria
  • c.1920 - 1937 Warsaw, Poland
  • c.1937 - c.1948 Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1948 - c.1950 Paris, France
  • c.1950 New York, USA
  • c.1950 - 2017 Tel Aviv, Israel
Training
  • Art, 1937 - c.1940 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Cultural Heritage
  • Jewish
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
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