Rita Alima , 1932-2013
Untitled, 1965

Untitled, 1965
Artist's name: Rita Alima , 1932-2013
Item name: Untitled, 1965
Technique: Oil on canvas
Measurements: 35X27 cm
Signed: Signed and dated. Signed again, dated and inscribed Paris on the reverse.
Estimate: $1200 - 1600

About The Artist:
Rita Alima was born in Nesher and grew up in Kiryat Haim. In 1961, after studying at the Avni Art Institute, she moved to Paris. When she returned to Israel in 1965, she developed an abstract painting style employing strong colors, geometric shapes and minimalism. During this period, she joined the Ten Plus group. In the 1970s, silk screen printing became her major artistic medium. She also taught silk screen printing and established a silk screen workshop at the Zaritsky Artists House in Tel Aviv-Yafo. In her final years, she returned to painting, creating large canvases in shades of black.
Education
1953-1957 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Teaching
1975-78 Established the silk screen printing workshop at the Artists House in Tel Aviv
1978-81 College of Visual Arts, Beersheva
1981 Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon, coordinator of silk screen workshop
1984 Thelma Yellin High School, Tel Aviv, coordinator of fine arts program
Awards And Prizes
1960 Prize for Graphic Art, Haifa Museum of Art
1961 Education Scholarship for Studies Abroad, Norman Foundation
1978 Scholarship from the Tamarind Institute, New Mexico, U.S.A.
1987 Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Arts, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2008 Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport