Born in Ukraine, 1891

Died in Tel Aviv, 1985

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1910-1914

Studied painting at The Academy of Art in Kiev

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1924

Technicum (Technion), Haifa

1925

Menorah Club, Jerusalem

1941

Habimah, Tel Aviv – Held on the occasion of the artist’s 50th birthday

1949

Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem

1951

"Joseph Zaritsky – Retrospective Exposition", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1952

"Joseph Zaritsky – Retrospective Exposition", Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem

1955

"Joseph Zaritsky", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1956

"Joseph Zaritsky", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

1976

"Zaritsky-Watercolours 1920-1975", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1981

"Homage to Zaritsky", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1984

"Zaritsky, Tzuba – Summer 1983", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

"Views of Tel Aviv from the Roof and the Window", University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

"Zaritsky – Retrospective", Tel Aviv Museum

"Zaritsky – Recent Works", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1992

"Zaritsky – Watercolours", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Selected Group Exhibitions

1924

The Citadel, Jewish Artists Association, Jerusalem

1927

"Modern Artists", Ohel, Tel Aviv

1930

Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem

1932

"The 11", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1936

"General Exhibition of Palestine Artists", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1947

"The Seven", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1948

Venice Biennale

"New Horizons", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1953

"7 Painters of Israel", Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

1955

"Israelische Kunst", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

1957

"New Horizons", The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa

1958

"Ten Years of Israeli Painting", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1963

"New Horizons", Ein Harod Museum of Art

1964

"Art Israel, 26 Painters and Sculptors", The Jewish Museum, New York; circulated in the US and Canada

1964

"Art Israel, 26 Painters and Sculptors", The Jewish Museum, New York; circulated in the US and Canada

1966

"New Horizons – 1949-1963", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1968

"Israel a travers les ages", Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

1969

"A Leap of Faith", The Art Gallery, State University of New York at Albany

1970

"3 Israeli Artists", Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

"Israel on Paper", The High Museum of Art, Atlanta

"Selected Collection", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1971

"Looking Up", Memory Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

1976

"Jewish Experience in Twentieth Century Art", The Jewish Museum, New York

1979

"Seven Artist in Israel", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

1981

"Artists from Israel: 1920-1980", The Jewish Museum, New York

Prizes and Awards

1942

Dizengoff Prize from Tel Aviv Municipality

1959

The Israel Prize

1968

Sandberg Prize of Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (first artist to win)

Books

Omer, Mordechai. Jossef Zaritsky. Tel Aviv: Massada Ltd., 1987.

Yariv, Yeshayahu. Zaritsky Watercolours. Tel Aviv: Gordon Gallery, 1992.